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Greek Mythology > People, Places, & Things > Laomedon
Labdakos to Lethe Leto to Lysizonos
The son of Ilus and the father of the last king of the city of Troy, Priam.
When Laomedon was the king of Troy, Zeus commanded Poseidon (lord of the Sea) and Apollon to serve him for one year; Poseidon built the walls of Troy and Apollon tended Laomedon’s herds; when their service was over, Laomedon refused to pay for their services and threatened to sell them into slavery; Apollon seemed more inclined to forgive the insult but Poseidon would not forgive or forget; when the final battle for Troy was fought, Poseidon fought fiercely on the side of the Argives and helped topple the walls that he had built.
Prior to the fall of Troy, Herakles (Heracles) stopped at the city after the completion of his Ninth Labor (Retrieve the Belt of the Amazon Queen, Hippolyte); he saved Laomedon’s daughter, Hesione, from one of Poseidon’s ketos, i.e. sea monsters.
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