Laomedon

Demigod by descent — son of Ilus, king of Troy, the proverbial oath-breaker. Apollo and Poseidon built the walls of Troy for him in a year of servitude; he cheated them of their wage and was punished with plague and a sea-monster, then cheated Heracles of the immortal horses promised for saving Hesione. Heracles sacked Troy and killed him with all his sons but the ransomed Podarces, who became Priam. Father of Priam, Tithonus, Hesione, and Hicetaon.

Parentage

• paternal: Ilus

Children

• Astyoche daughter of Laomedon
• Hesione
• Hicetaon
• Priam

Domains

• kingship
• oath breaking

Powers

• Cheat his hired wages from gods and heroes alike

Epithets

• ψεύστης grc · pseustes · epithetthe liar, the perjurerHomer, Iliad 21.441-457 (the proverbial oath-breaking of Laomedon) (primary)

Relations

• father of: PriamHom. Il. 20.236-237; Apollod. 3.12.3 (primary)
• father of: TithonusWires to the existing figure greek_tithonus — reciprocal needed.Hom. Il. 20.236-237; Apollod. 3.12.3-4 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Hom. Il. 5.638-651, 6.23-24, 7.452-453, 20.236-237, 21.441-457; Apollod. 2.5.9, 2.6.4, 3.12.3; Hyg. Fab. 89; Ov. Met. 11.194-220 (primary)