τελαμών
τελᾰμών,
ῶνος,
ὁ,
A). broad strap or band for bearing or supporting anything (from τελᾰ- 'bear' (v. Τλάω, τελάσσαι), whence also the hero Telamon took his name):
1). leathern strap or
belt, freq. in
Hom.,
Il. 17.290 ;
δύω τελαμῶνε περὶ στήθεσσι τετάσθην, ἤτοι ὁ μὲν σάκεος, ὁ δὲ φασγάνου, of Ajax,
14.404 ; for the sword alone,
ξίφος σὺν κολεῷ τε καὶ ἐϋτμήτῳ τελαμῶνι 7.304 , cf.
23.825 ;
μαχαίρας εἶχον .. ἐξ ἀργυρέων τελαμώνων 18.598 ;
περὶ στήθεσσι .. χρύσεος ἦν τ.
Od. 11.610 ; for the shield,
Il. 2.388 ,
11.38 ,
18.480 ; it passed over the shoulder and bore the chief weight,
5.796 ,
16.803 , cf.
Hdt. 1.171 ;
τ. φαεινός Il. 12.401 ;
χάλκεος Hes. Sc. 222 .
II). in Architecture, Τελαμῶνες were colossal male figures used as bearing-pillars, being the Roman name for Ἄτλαντες, Vitr. 6.7.6 .
2). base of a στήλη, ἁ στάλα καὶ ὁ τελαμὼν (prob. written τελαμὼ, v. Mnemos. 58.28 ) ἱαρὰ τᾶς Ἥρας IG 4.517 (Argos, v B.C.);[ἀναγράψαι εἰς ς]τήλην λευκοῦ λίθου [κα]ὶ ἀναθ[εῖναι αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τελα]μ[ῶ]νος prob. rest. in CIG 2056d (loc.inc., perh. Odessus); simply = στήλη, ἀναγράψαι .. εἰς τελαμῶνα λευκοῦ λίθου καὶ ἀναθεῖναι κτλ . SIG 731.41 (Tomi, i B.C.), al., cf. Milet. 3p.377No. 153.39 , BMus.Inscr. 1007 (Cyzicus, ii A.D.), etc.
ShortDef
a broad strap for bearing
Telamon
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τελαμων
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">τελᾰμών</span>, <span class="itype greek">ῶνος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">broad strap</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">band for bearing</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">supporting</span> anything (from <span class="foreign greek">τελᾰ-</span> \'bear\' (v. <span class="foreign greek">Τλάω, τελάσσαι</span>), whence also the hero Telamon took his name): </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">leathern strap</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">belt</span>, freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:290" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.290/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.290 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δύω τελαμῶνε περὶ στήθεσσι τετάσθην, ἤτοι ὁ μὲν σάκεος, ὁ δὲ φασγάνου</span>, of Ajax, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:404" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.404/canonical-url/"> 14.404 </a>; for the sword alone, <span class="quote greek">ξίφος σὺν κολεῷ τε καὶ ἐϋτμήτῳ τελαμῶνι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:304" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.304/canonical-url/"> 7.304 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:825" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.825/canonical-url/"> 23.825 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μαχαίρας εἶχον .. ἐξ ἀργυρέων τελαμώνων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:598" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.598/canonical-url/"> 18.598 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">περὶ στήθεσσι .. χρύσεος ἦν τ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:610" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.610/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.610 </a>; for the shield, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:388" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.388/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.388 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.38/canonical-url/"> 11.38 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:480" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.480/canonical-url/"> 18.480 </a>; it passed over the shoulder and bore the chief weight, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:796" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.796/canonical-url/"> 5.796 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:803" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.803/canonical-url/"> 16.803 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.171/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.171 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τ. φαεινός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:401" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.401/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.401 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χάλκεος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:222" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:222/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 222 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">broad linen bandage</span> for wounds, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.181/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.181 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antyll.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:7:9:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:7:9:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 7.9.1 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> </span> Med. ap. eund.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:10:18:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:10:18:15/canonical-url/"> 10.18.15 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.28 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">ἀμφὶ τραύματ’. . τελαμῶνας βαλεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1669" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1669/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1669 </a> ; also, a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">long linen bandage</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">roller</span>, for swathing mummies, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.86 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 11.125 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">band</span> for the hair, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4091.tlg001:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4091.tlg001:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Callistr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Stat.</span> 11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> in Architecture, <span class="foreign greek">Τελαμῶνες</span> were <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">colossal male figures used as bearing-pillars</span>, being the Roman name for <span class="foreign greek">Ἄτλαντες</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Vitr.</span> 6.7.6 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">base</span> of a <span class="foreign greek">στήλη, ἁ στάλα καὶ ὁ τελαμὼν</span> (prob. written <span class="foreign greek">τελαμὼ</span>, v. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mnemos.</span> 58.28 </span>) <span class="quote greek">ἱαρὰ τᾶς Ἥρας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 4.517 </span> (Argos, v B.C.);[<span class="foreign greek">ἀναγράψαι εἰς ς]τήλην λευκοῦ λίθου [κα]ὶ ἀναθ[εῖναι αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τελα]μ[ῶ]νος</span> prob. rest. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CIG</span> 2056d </span> (loc.inc., perh. Odessus); simply = <span class="ref greek">στήλη, ἀναγράψαι .. εἰς τελαμῶνα λευκοῦ λίθου καὶ ἀναθεῖναι κτλ</span> . <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 731.41 </span> (Tomi, i B.C.), al., cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Milet.</span> 3p.377No. </span> <span class="bibl"> 153.39 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BMus.Inscr.</span> 1007 </span> (Cyzicus, ii A.D.), etc.</div> </div><br><br>'}