Telamon - Text References

The Iliad

Lattimore

• book 8, line 283 - Teukros was the son of Telamon born out of wedlock

Loeb

• book 8, line 283 - Teucer was the son of Telamon born out of wedlock

Fagles

• book 8, line 324 - Teucer was the son of Telamon born out of wedlock

Fitzgerald

• book 8, line 323 - Teukros was the son of Telamon born out of wedlock

The Great Eoiae

• fragment 3 - Dressed in his lion skin, Herakles prayed that Zeus would send a sign to Telamon about his son; Zeus sent an eagle and Aias was thus named

Doubtful Fragments

• fragment 10 - Telamon killed Melanippe, the sister to the Amazon queen

The Argonautika

• book 1, line 93 - The sons of Aiakos (Aeacus), Telamon and Peleus, joined the Argonauts after they killed their brother Phokos (Phocus); Telamon came from Attica and Peleus from Phthia
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• book 1, line 1043 - In the fight with the Doliones, Telamon killed Basileus
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• book 1, line 1289 - Telamon berates Jason for abandoning Herakles (Heracles), Hylas and Polyphemos (Polyphemus)
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• book 1, line 1330 - Telamon apologizes to Jason for his harsh words and begs forgiveness
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• book 3, line 196 - When the Argonauts reached Kolchis (Colchis), Jason took Phrixus, Telamon and Augeias with him to the palace of Aietes (Aeetes)
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• book 3, line 363 - Jason introduced Telamon to King Aietes (Aeetes) as the son of Aiakos (Aeacus) and the grandson of Zeus
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• book 3, line 440 - King Aietes (Aeetes) dismissed Jason after he told him of the trials he must endure if he wanted to possess the Golden Fleece; Telamon and Augeias accompanied Jason as he departed
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• book 3, line 515 - Telamon tells Jason the he will help him secure the Golden Fleece even if it means his death
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• book 3, line 1174 - Telamon and Aethalides went to King Aietes (Aeetes) to get the dragon’s teeth which Jason was supposed to plant and harvest

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