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Telamon


Telamon was the son of King Aeacus of Aegina and the brother of Peleus. He was the father of Ajax and Teucer. After he killed his other brother, he and Peleus fled Aegina. Telamon eventually settled in Salamis, becoming king. After his father died, Telamon claimed the kingship of Aegina as well. He participated in a siege of Troy with Heracles, one generation before the Trojan War and took Hesione, Priam's sister as his second wife. He was the uncle of Achilles, who was the son of Peleus and Thetis. He was also an Argonaut.

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Aeacidae Genealogy in Greek mythology
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zeús
 
Aegina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aeacus
 
Endeis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peleus
 
Thetis
 
Telamon
 
Periboea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deidamia
 
Achilles
 
 
 
 
 
Ajax
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Neoptolemus
 
Liriope
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Molossus
Preceded by:
Cyhreus
King of Salamis
Mythic
Succeeded by
None (Title Abolished)


Preceded by:
Aeacus
King of Aegina
Mythic
Succeeded by
None (Title Abolished)


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