TELAMON (argonaut, father of Ajax)
Hero and companion · one of the Argonauts of Jason, in Greek mythology
- Parents
- Aeacus, Actaeus, Glauce, Endeïs
- Siblings
- Peleus
- Consorts
- Hesione, Periboea, Theanira
- Children
- Ajax the Great, Teucer, Trambelus
- Haunts and cult places
- Salamis
- In the sources
- 89 ancient passages
Telamon is the son of Aeacus. Apollodorus 1.8.2 +2 Telamon was one of the heroes gathered by Jason for the voyage to Colchis. Argonautica 3 ¶30 +1
In the myths
Telamon accompanied Heracles on a military expedition against Troy, where he captured the city and was awarded the prize of valour for his actions in the siege. Apollodorus 3.12.7 +5 Telamon led a group of champions to attack the city of Ilium and was the first person to breach the wall and enter it. Apollodorus 2.6.4 +4 Telamon banished his son Teucer from their native land after Teucer returned from Troy. Euripides, Helen 68-114 +3 Telamon assembled with other heroes to hunt the Calydonian boar. Apollodorus 1.8.2 +1 Telamon won his wife as a prize for his supreme valor in the army. Sophocles, Ajax 1290-1315 +1 Telamon helped Heracles kill the giant herdsman Alkyoneus at Phlegrai. Pindar, Isthmian 5 ¶7 +1 Telamon was a fugitive from Aegina, settling in Salamis after his brother Phocus was killed. Argonautica 1 ¶16 +1 Telamon was sent by Heracles as an ambassador to Troy, where he was imprisoned by Laomedon. Diodorus 4.49 +1 Telamon assisted Heracles in defeating the nations of the Meropes. Pindar, Isthmian 5 ¶7 +1 Telamon and Peleus plotted against their brother Phocus, and Telamon killed him by throwing a quoit at his head. Apollodorus 3.12.6 +1
