Telamones

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Telamones \Tel`a*mo"nes\, n. pl. [L., pl. of telamo or telamon,
     Gr. ? a bearer, fr. ? to bear.] (Arch.)
     Same as {Atlantes}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Atlantes \At*lan"tes\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ?, pl. of ?. See
     {Atlas}.] (Arch.)
     Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an
     entablature; -- called also {telamones}. See {Caryatides}.
     --Oxf. Gloss.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  telamon
       n : a figure of a man used as a supporting column [syn: {atlas}]
       [also: {telamones} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  telamones
       See {telamon}