Laomedon

American  

[ley-om-i-don] / leɪˈɒm ɪˌdɒn /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. 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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Laomedon British  

/ leɪˈɒmɪˌdɒn /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Laomedon promised, but when Hercules had slain the monster the King refused to pay.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

She was the daughter of King Laomedon, who had cheated Apollo and Poseidon of their wages after at Zeus’s command they had built for the King the walls of Troy.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Arise, son of Laomedon; the chiefs of the horse-breaking Trojans, and of the brazen-mailed Greeks, call thee to descend into the plain, that thou mayest ratify a faithful league.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

According to our opponent's opinion, Laomedon was noble, and Dardanus ignoble during life.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. by Lodge, Henry Cabot

Daughter of Laomedon; rescued from sea monster by Hercules, 151, 152, 224.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)