Telamon

Family: Greek · Role: son of Æacus · First appears: Fable 66

Telamon was one of the three sons of Æacus, alongside Peleus and Phocus. In fable 69, he arrived with Æacus, Peleus, and newly levied soldiers, whom Cephalus received armed.

In fable 96, Telamon shared in the warfare and obtained Hesione, whom Hercules gave to him in marriage. Telamon was the father of Ajax and Teucer; Teucer was Ajax’s half-brother.

Relationship record

Life events

• Æacus arrives with Telamon, Peleus, and newly levied soldiers, whom Cephalus receives armed.(Fable69)
  • With: Æacus Peleus Cephalus
  • “In tears, the hero is relating these things to them, as they weep, and, lo! Æacus enters, with his two sons,[119] and his soldiers newly levied; which Cephalus received, {furnished} with valorous arms.”
• Telamon obtains Hesione, who is given to him in marriage.(Fable96)
  • With: Hesione
  • “Nor does Telamon, a sharer in the warfare, come off without honour; and he obtains Hesione, who is given to him.”

Fable 66

• parent: Æacus “Telamon, Peleus, and Phocus, were the three sons of Æacus.”
• siblings with Peleus “Telamon, Peleus, and Phocus, were the three sons of Æacus.”
• siblings with Phocus “Telamon, Peleus, and Phocus, were the three sons of Æacus.”

Fable 67

• parent: Æacus “lo! Telamon came in haste, and, opening the door, said, ‘Father, thou wilt see things beyond thy hopes or expectations. Do come out.’”

Fable 69

• parent: Æacus “These were Telamon and Peleus, who had levied these troops.”
• siblings with Peleus “These were Telamon and Peleus, who had levied these troops.”

Fable 70

• parent: Æacus “‘Æacidis’ may mean either the forces sent by Æacus, or his sons Telamon and Peleus, in command of those troops.”

Fable 87

• child: Ajax “He alludes to Ajax, the son of Telamon, from whose blood, when he slew himself, a similar flower was said to have arisen, with the letters Αἰ, Αἰ, on its leaves, expressive either of grief, or denoting the first two letters of his name, Αἴας.”

Fable 96

• with Hercules (Telamon is identified as Hercules's companion.) “Hesione, whom he gives in marriage to his companion Telamon.”
• married with Hesione (Hesione is given in marriage to Telamon.) “Hesione, whom he gives in marriage to his companion Telamon.”

Fable 99

• child: Ajax “being the son of Telamon”
• parent: Æacus “Æacus was his father”
• siblings with Peleus “Peleus and Telamon, the fathers of Achilles and Ajax, were brothers”
• child: Teucer “Teucer was the cousin of Achilles, being the son of Telamon, and the half-brother of Ajax”
• with Hercules (interaction) “Telamon, was the companion of Hercules when he sacked Troy”

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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.