τελαμών: Difference between revisions

|Beta Code=telamw/n

|Definition=ῶνος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">broad strap</b> or <b class="b2">band for bearing</b> or <b class="b2">supporting</b> anything (from <b class="b3">τελᾰ-</b> 'bear' (v. <b class="b3">Τλάω, τελάσσαι</b>), whence also the hero Telamon took his name): </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">leathern strap</b> or <b class="b2">belt</b>, freq. in Hom., <span class="bibl">Il.17.290</span>; <b class="b3">δύω τελαμῶνε περὶ στήθεσσι τετάσθην, ἤτοι ὁ μὲν σάκεος, ὁ δὲ φασγάνου</b>, of Ajax, <span class="bibl">14.404</span>; for the sword alone, ξίφος σὺν κολεῷ τε καὶ ἐϋτμήτῳ τελαμῶνι <span class="bibl">7.304</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">23.825</span>; μαχαίρας εἶχον . . ἐξ ἀργυρέων τελαμώνων <span class="bibl">18.598</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ στήθεσσι . . χρύσεος ἦν τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Od. 11.610</span>; for the shield, <span class="bibl">Il.2.388</span>, <span class="bibl">11.38</span>, <span class="bibl">18.480</span>; it passed over the shoulder and bore the chief weight, <span class="bibl">5.796</span>, <span class="bibl">16.803</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.171</span>; τ. φαεινός <span class="bibl">Il.12.401</span>; χάλκεος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>222</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">broad linen bandage</b> for wounds, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.181</span>, Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.7.9.1</span>, Herod. Med. ap. eund.<span class="bibl">10.18.15</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.28</span>, al.; ἀμφὶ τραύματ' . . τελαμῶνας βαλεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1669</span>; also, a <b class="b2">long linen bandage</b> or <b class="b2">roller</b>, for swathing mummies, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.86</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>11.125. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">band</b> for the hair, <span class="bibl">Callistr.<span class="title">Stat.</span>11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in Architecture, <b class="b3">Τελαμῶνες</b> were <b class="b2">colossal male figures used as bearing-pillars</b>, being the Roman name for <b class="b3">Ἄτλαντες</b>, Vitr.6.7.6. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">base</b> of a <b class="b3">στήλη, ἁ στάλα καὶ ὁ τελαμὼν</b> (prob. written <b class="b3">τελαμὼ</b>, v. <span class="title">Mnemos.</span>58.28) ἱαρὰ τᾶς Ἥρας <span class="title">IG</span>4.517 (Argos, v B.C.); [<b class="b3">ἀναγράψαι εἰς σ]τήλην λευκοῦ λίθου [κα]ὶ ἀναθ[εῖναι αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τελα]μ[ῶ]νος</b> prob. rest. in <span class="title">CIG</span>2056d (loc.inc., perh. Odessus); simply = [[στήλη]], ἀναγράψαι . . εἰς τελαμῶνα λευκοῦ λίθου καὶ ἀναθεῖναι κτλ. <span class="title">SIG</span>731.41 (Tomi, i B.C.), al., cf. <span class="title">Milet.</span>3p.377No.153.39, <span class="title">BMus.Inscr.</span>1007 (Cyzicus, ii A.D.), etc.</span>

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