a column in the form of a male figure, used to support an entablature
Also called: atlas. Compare caryatid
Word origin
C18: via Latin from Greek, from tlēnai to bear
Examples of 'telamones' in a sentence
telamones
There are other similar instances as in the case of "xystus," "prothyrum," "telamones," and some others of the sort.
Vitruvius, Translated by Morris Hicky Morgan Ten Books on Architecture (1914). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)