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Laomedon

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Laomedon

In Greek mythology, the founder and king of Troy, father of Priam. He refused to pay Poseidon and Apollo for building his city walls, and Poseidon sent a sea monster to ravage his country and Apollo sent a plague. Laomedon was killed by Heracles, who had rescued the king's daughter Hesione from the sea monster.



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He went up to Priam and said, "Son of Laomedon, the princes of the Trojans and Achaeans bid you come down on to the plain and swear to a solemn covenant.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
And Auge bare Telephus of the stock of Areas, king of the Mysians, being joined in love with the mighty Heracles when he was journeying in quest of the horses of proud Laomedon -- horses the fleetest of foot that the Asian land nourished, -- and destroyed in battle the tribe of the dauntless Amazons and drove them forth from all that land.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
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