The name Telamon derives from a Greek word meaning support or bearer. Telamon is thus shown in sculpture as a brawny male bearing weight or burden. His name has become the architectural term for a sculpted figure with arms aloft holding a cornice or a lintel.

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We named the firm after the Greek hero for several reasons.

 

In the lliad, Telamon was the son of King Aeacus and father of the Greek hero, Ajax. He is remembered chiefly as the first to break through the Trojan wall, an act that enraged Heracles, but who was placated when Telamon built an altar in his honour.