Laomedon

[ ley-om-i-don ]

/ leɪˈɒm ɪˌdɒn /

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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Examples from the Web for laomedon

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
Priam, some answer, paid the penalty of the perjury of his father Laomedon.
The City of God, Volume I|Aurelius Augustine
Deep was Laomedon's grief at the thought of the awful fate to which his child was thus doomed.
The Story of Troy|Michael Clarke
The hero at once went away from Troy, but not without resolving to return at a convenient time and punish Laomedon.
The Story of Troy|Michael Clarke

She loved Tithônus, son of Laomedon, and bore him up from us in a chariot to be her husband in the skies.
The Trojan Women of Euripides|Euripides

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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