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Laomedon
[ ley-om-i-don ]
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 /
noun
- 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
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Laomedon tried in vain to save her, but the lot was cast, and nothing could avert the appointed sacrifice.
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Priam, some answer, paid the penalty of the perjury of his father Laomedon.
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Then it is true that Laomedon hired Apollo and Neptune as his workmen.
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Bucolion was the son of illustrious Laomedon, eldest by birth, but him his mother brought forth secretly.
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What, is it war for the oxen you have slain and the bullocks you have felled, true sons of Laomedon?
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