Laomedon

[ ley-om-i-don ]

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noun

, Classical Mythology.

a king of Troy and the father of Priam, for whom the walls of Troy were built by Apollo and Poseidon.

Laomedon

/ leɪˈɒmɪˌdɒn /

Greek myth the founder and ruler of Troy, who cheated Apollo and Poseidon of their wage for constructing the city's walls; the father of Priam

Laomedon tried in vain to save her, but the lot was cast, and nothing could avert the appointed sacrifice.

Priam, some answer, paid the penalty of the perjury of his father Laomedon.

Then it is true that Laomedon hired Apollo and Neptune as his workmen.

Bucolion was the son of illustrious Laomedon, eldest by birth, but him his mother brought forth secretly.

What, is it war for the oxen you have slain and the bullocks you have felled, true sons of Laomedon?

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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