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TELAMONES (Gr. reXawv, supporter, from rXitval, to bear)

This article appears in Volume V26, Page 508 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TAV-THE
TELAMONES (Gr. reXawv, supporter, from rXitval, to bear) , in
architecture
  the
term
  used by the Romans as
equivalent
  to Atlantes (the
Greek
 
term
 ) for male figures employed to carry architraves and cornices, The best-known examples are those in the
tepidarium
  of the
baths
  of
Pompeii
 , which consist of small figures in terra-
cotta
 , 2 ft. high, placed between niches and carrying a
cornice
 .


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