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Laomedon

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La·om·e·don  (l-m-dn)
n. Greek Mythology
The founder and first king of Troy and father of Priam.

Laomedon [leɪˈɒmɪˌdɒn]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) 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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He went up to Priam and said, "Son of Laomedon, the princes of the Trojans and Achaeans bid you come down on to the plain and swear to a solemn covenant.
And Auge bare Telephus of the stock of Areas, king of the Mysians, being joined in love with the mighty Heracles when he was journeying in quest of the horses of proud Laomedon -- horses the fleetest of foot that the Asian land nourished, -- and destroyed in battle the tribe of the dauntless Amazons and drove them forth from all that land.
 
 
 
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