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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 508 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TELAMONES (Gr. reXaµwv, supporter, from rXitval, to See also:bear) , in See also:architecture the See also:term used by the See also:Romans as See also:equivalent to Atlantes (the See also:Greek term) for male figures employed to carry architraves and cornices, The best-known examples are those in the See also:tepidarium of the See also:baths of See also:Pompeii, which consist of small figures in terra-See also:cotta, 2 ft. high, placed between niches and carrying a See also:cornice .

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