Laomedon

[ ley-om-i-don ]

/ leɪˈɒm ɪˌdɒn /

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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.

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Words nearby Laomedon

Laodicean, laogai, Laoighis, Laois, Laokoön, Laomedon, Laon, Laos, Lao She, Laotian, Lao-tzu

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How to use Laomedon in a sentence

Laomedon tried in vain to save her, but the lot was cast, and nothing could avert the appointed sacrifice.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome|Emilie Kip Baker
Priam, some answer, paid the penalty of the perjury of his father Laomedon.
The City of God, Volume I|Aurelius Augustine
Then it is true that Laomedon hired Apollo and Neptune as his workmen.
The City of God, Volume I|Aurelius Augustine
Bucolion was the son of illustrious Laomedon, eldest by birth, but him his mother brought forth secretly.
The Iliad of Homer (1873)|Homer

What, is it war for the oxen you have slain and the bullocks you have felled, true sons of Laomedon?
Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman|Frank Justus Miller

British Dictionary definitions for Laomedon

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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