LAOMEDON  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

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
• TROY, JEAN FRANCOIS DE (1679–1752)

Troy and See also:

• FATHER

father of Podarces (See also:

• PRIAM (Gr. IlpLauos)

Priam) . The gods See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo and See also:

• POSEIDON

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

reward agreed upon, Apollo visited the See also:

• LAND

land with a pestilence, and Poseidon sent up a See also:

• MONSTER (Lat. monstrum, from root of monere, to warn; i.e. something terrible or portentous)
• MONSTER, GEORG, COUNT ZU (1776-1844)

monster from the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, which ravaged the land . According to the See also:

• ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

oracle, the wrath of Poseidon could only be appeased by the See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice of one of the king's daughters . The See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot .See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell upon Hesione, who was chained to a See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock to await the monster's coming . Heracles, on his way back from the land of the See also:

• AMAZONS

Amazons, offered to slay the monster and See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release Hesione, on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition that he should receive the wonderful horses presented by See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus to Tros, the father of See also:

• GANYMEDE

Ganymede, to See also:

• CONSOLE (a French form, supposed to be an abbreviation of consolide, from Lat. consolidare, to strengthen)

console him for the loss of his son . Again Laomedon See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke his word; whereupon Heracles returned with a See also:

• BAND

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

gate, and it was said that so See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long as his See also:

• GRAVE

grave remained undisturbed, so long would the walls of Troy remain impregnable . See See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, Iliad, v . 265, 640, vii . 452, xxi .

443; See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus H . 5 . 9 and 6 . 4; Diod . Sic. iv . 32, 42, 49; See also:

• HYGINUS
• HYGINUS (surnamed GROMATICUS, from gruma, a surveyor's measuring-rod)
• HYGINUS, GAIUS JULIUS

Hyginus, Fab . 89; See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace, Odes Hi . 3, 22 ; See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, Metam. xi . 194 .