Tĕlămon

, a king of the island of Salamis, son of Æacus and Endeis. He was brother to Peleus, and father to Teucer and to Ajax, who on that account is often called Telamon i us heros . He fled from Megara, his native country, after he had accidentally murdered his brother Phocus in playing with the quoit, and he sailed to the island of Salamis, where he soon after married Glauce, the daughter of Cychreus the king of the place. At the death of his father-in-law, who had no male i ue, Telamon became king of Salamis. He accompanied Jason in his expedition to Colchis, and was arm-bearer to Hercules, when that hero took Laomedon prisoner, and destroyed Troy. Telamon was rewarded by Hercules for his services with the hand of Hesione, whom the conqueror had obtained among the spoils of Troy, and with her he returned to Greece. He also married Peribœa, whom some call Eribœa. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 13 , li. 151 .— Sophocles , Ajax .— Pindar , Isthmean , ch. 6 .— Statius , Thebaid , bk. 6 .— Apollo dor us , bks. 1, 2, . — Pausanias , Corinthia .— Hyginus , fable 97, . ――A seaport town of Etruria. Mela , bk. 2 , ch. 4 .