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The Telephus Frieze narrates the life of king Telephus, son of Herakles - one of the heroes of Greek mythology.
It was created in the first half of the 2nd century BC, as part of the Pergamon Altar, the center piece of the Acropolis of the ancient Greek town of Pergamon.
The frieze is 5.2 feet (1.58m) high and originally consisted of 74 panels. Today, the 47 surviving panels are on display in Berlin's Pergamon Museum.
5264 Telephus is a Jovian asteroid, orbiting at Jupiter's L4 Lagrangian point, 60° ahead of the Gas Giant's orbit. It was discovered on May 17, 1991 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Gene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California.
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