Laomedon

King of Troy. Forced to expose his daughter for trying to cheat Poseidon and Apollo.

Genealogy

Eurydice

Ilus

Themiste

Leucippe, Placia, Strymo

Aethylla, Astyoche, Bucolion, Cilla, Clytius, Hesione, Hicetaon, Lampus, Medesicaste, Priam, Proclia, Tithonus

Place

Troy

Events
  1. Apollo and Poseidon send a plague and a sea monster
  2. Laomedon exposes Hesione to be devoured by a sea monster
  3. Zeus gives Laomedon mares in compensation for abducting Ganymede
  4. Hercules rescues Hesione
  5. Apollo and Poseidon fortify Troy
  6. Hercules takes Troy
  7. Ilus has a son named Laomedon
  8. Laomedon has fives sons
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.9
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.4
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.3
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.7
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.24
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.15c
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 245
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 260
  9. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 626
  10. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 647
  11. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 20
  12. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 7, Section 444
  13. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 514
  14. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 215
  15. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 434
  16. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 449
  17. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 324
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 24.3
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