What is "telamones"

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.

n. (plural of telamon English)

1. n. a figure of a man used as a supporting column [syn: atlas]

2. [also: telamones (pl)]

See telamon