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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Telamon''' ([[Greek language| Greek]]: '''Τελαμών'''), son of [[Aeacus]], King of [[Aegina]], and [[Endeis]] and brother of [[Peleus]], accompanied [[Jason]] as one his [[Argonauts]], and was present at the hunt for the [[Calydonian Boar]]. He also participated in the [[Trojan War]] on the side of the Greeks, along with his son, [[Ajax the Great|Ajax]].

After killing their half-brother, [[Phocus]], Telamon and Peleus had to leave Aegina. King [[Cychreus]] of [[Salamis Island|Salamis]] welcomed Telamon and befriended him. Telamon married [[Periboea]], who gave birth to [[Ajax the Great|Ajax]]. Later, Cychreus gave Telamon his kingdom.

Telamon also figures in both versions of [[Heracles]]' sacking of [[Troy]], which was ruled by King [[Laomedon]] (or [[Tros]] in the alternate versions).

Before the [[Trojan War]], [[Poseidon]] sent a sea monster to attack Troy.

In the King Tros version, [[Heracles]] (along with Telamon and [[Oicles]]) agreed to kill the monster if Tros would give him the horses he received from [[Zeus]] as compensation for Zeus' kidnapping [[Ganymede]], Tros' son. Tros agreed; Heracles succeeded and Telamon married [[Hesione]], Tros' daughter, giving birth to [[Teucer]] by him.

In the King Laomedon version, Laomedon planned on sacrificing his daughter [[Hesione]] to Poseidon in the hope of appeasing him. Heracles rescued her at the last minute and killed both the monster and Laomedon and Laomedon's sons, except for [[Ganymede]], who was on [[Mt. Olympus]], and [[Priam|Podarge]], who saved his own life by giving Heracles a golden veil Hesione had made. Telamon took Hesione as a war prize and married her, and she gave birth to [[Teucer]] by him.

[[Apollodorus]]. ''[[Bibliotheke]]'' I, viii, 2 and ix 16; II, vi, 4; III, xii,6-7; [[Apollonius Rhodius]]. ''[[Argonautica]]'' I, 90-94; Ovid. ''Metamorphoses'' VIII, 309.

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