The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Atlantes \At*lan"tes\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ?, pl. of ?. See
   Atlas.] (Arch.)
   Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an
   entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides.
   --Oxf. Gloss.
   [1913 Webster]