Telamon- Greek HeroHero"King of Salamis"

Exile from Aegina

Telamon was the son of Aeacus, king of Aegina and son of Zeus, and brother of Peleus. The brothers killed their half-brother Phocus, son of Aeacus by the Nereid Psamathe. In Apollodorus's account, Telamon struck him with a stone discus during an athletic contest while Peleus finished the deed with an axe. They hid the body in the woods. Aeacus, whose prayers once moved Zeus to send rain and end a drought across Greece, could not overlook his sons' crime. He exiled them both. Peleus went to Phthia. Telamon settled on the island of Salamis, where King Cychreus, who had freed the island from a great serpent, welcomed him and bequeathed the kingdom. He sailed with Jason aboard the Argo, and when Meleager summoned heroes to hunt the Calydonian Boar, Telamon answered.

The First Sack of Troy

King Laomedon had conscripted Apollo and Poseidon to build Troy's walls, then refused to pay them. Poseidon sent a sea monster to ravage the coast, and Laomedon offered Heracles his divine horses to kill the beast and save his daughter Hesione. Heracles killed it, but Laomedon cheated him too. Heracles returned with a war fleet, and Telamon was first through the walls. Heracles drew his sword in jealous fury, but Telamon knelt and gathered stones, saying he was building an altar to Heracles the Victor. The rage passed. Telamon received Hesione as his prize.

Sons of Telamon

By his Greek wife Periboea, Telamon fathered Ajax. When Heracles visited Salamis, he prayed to Zeus on his friend's behalf for a strong son. Zeus sent an eagle, and Heracles told Telamon to name the boy Aias after it. By Hesione he fathered Teucer. His sons carried both Greek and Trojan blood into the second war against Troy. Teucer fought in Ajax's shadow. He shot from behind his half-brother's tower shield.