atlantes

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Again, figures in the form of men supporting mutules or coronae, we term "telamones" -- the reasons why or wherefore they are so called are not found in any story -- but the Greeks name them [Greek: atlantes].

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  1. noun Architecture Plural of atlas2.

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  1. from Greek )/Ατλαντες, plural of )/Ατλας, Atlas: see atlas.
 

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