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<p> Name of two Greek heroes in the Trojan war, and the synonym of a fiery and impetuous warrior: </p> <p> he son of Telamon of Sparta, one of the bravest of the Greeks, who, on the death of Achilles, contended with [[Ulysses]] for his arms, but was defeated, in consequence of which he lost his reason and put an end to his life; and </p> <p> he son of Oïleus, swift of foot, like Achilles, who suffered shipwreck on his homeward voyage, as a judgment for an outrage he perpetrated on the person of [[Cassandra]] in the temple of [[Athena]] in Troy. </p>