• General Notes

  Laomedon was King of Troy.Laomedon was the son of Ilus and a king of
  Troy, two of his sons were Tithonus and Podarces (Priam) who was later to
  be king. Laomedon was also very well known for his blatant treachery.
  It was Laomedon who gave Troy (Ilion) its city walls, to build them, he
  persuaded Poseidon and Apollo, (who at that time had been banished from
  Mount Olympus for a year by Zeus, for not obeying his wishes), telling
  them he would reward them well. After many months of hard work the walls
  were finished, the finest ever seen, but when Apollo and Poseidon asked
  for their reward, Laomedon refused to give them their payment and drove
  them away, hurling threats and insults towards the immortals.
  Poseidon and Apollo returned to Mount Olympus, as their year of
  banishment was complete, but the two gods were extremely angry at
  Laomedon's actions. To gain vengeance over Laomedon, Apollo sent a plague
  over the land, and Poseidon a sea-monster. Laomedon asked the advice of
  an oracle to rid his land of these hardships, the oracles reply was,
  Laomedon had to sacrifice his own daughter (Hesione) to the sea-monster.
  Laomedon without hesitation had Hesione chained to a rock, she lay
  trembling with fear, awaiting her grizzly end, to be devoured as
  sacrifice to this monster of the sea.
  As if by a miracle Heracles was in the vicinity, and pledged to save
  Hesione after Laomedon had promised him a team of matchless horses, which
  had been given by Zeus to his grandfather Tros. The fearless Heracles
  fought and killed the sea-monster, releasing Hesione, but once again
  Laomedon broke his promise and refused Heracles the horses as reward.
  Heracles, angered by this, killed Laomedon and his sons, but spared the
  youngest Podarces (swift-foot) in exchange for a beautiful veil which
  Hesione herself had embroidered with gold. Heracles then gave Hesione to
  his companion in arms Telamon who carried her away to Salamis in Greece.
  From that day on, Podarces became known as 'Priam' (which means "bought
  or "ransomed") and he became the most famous king of Troy. In Homer's
  Iliad, Priam is portrayed as an old man, grieving the misfortunes of the
  Trojans, and the death of many of his sons.
  Related information
  Pronunciation
  {lay-ahm'-ih-dahn}
  Children
  Cilla LAOMEDON
  Hector Ben PRIAM

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