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LAOMEDON , in See also:Greek See also:legend, son of Ilus, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Troy and See also:father of Podarces (See also:Priam). The gods See also:Apollo and See also:Poseidon served him for hire, Apollo tending his herds, while Poseidon built the walls of Troy. When Laomedon refused to pay the See also:reward agreed upon, Apollo visited the See also:land with a pestilence, and Poseidon sent up a See also:monster from the See also:sea, which ravaged the land. According to the See also:oracle, the wrath of Poseidon could only be appeased by the See also:sacrifice of one of the king's daughters. The See also:lot .See also:fell upon Hesione, who was chained to a See also:rock to await the monster's coming. Heracles, on his way back from the land of the See also:Amazons, offered to slay the monster and See also:release Hesione, on See also:condition that he should receive the wonderful horses presented by See also:Zeus to Tros, the father of See also:Ganymede, to See also:console him for the loss of his son. Again Laomedon See also:broke his word; whereupon Heracles returned with a See also:band of warriors, attacked Troy, and slew Laomedon and all his sons except Priam. According to Diodorus Siculus, Laomedon aggravated his offence by imprisoning Iphiclus and Telamon, who had been sent by Heracles to demand the surrender of the horses. Laomedon was buried near the Scaean See also:gate, and it was said that so See also:long as his See also:grave remained undisturbed, so long would the walls of Troy remain impregnable.
See See also:Homer, Iliad, v. 265, 640, vii. 452, xxi. 443; See also:Apollodorus H. 5. 9 and 6. 4; Diod. Sic. iv. 32, 42, 49; See also:Hyginus, Fab. 89; See also:Horace, Odes Hi. 3, 22 ; See also:Ovid, Metam. xi. 194.
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