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Laomedon (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Laomedon ( /leɪˈɒmɪdɒn/; Ancient Greek: Λαομέδων means "ruler of the people") may refer to the following characters: * Laomedon, also known as Lamedon, the king of Sicyon who gave up Antiope to Lycus.Pausanias, 2.6.3; Eusebius, ''Chronographia'63/ref> *Laomedon, a Trojan king and father of his successor Podarces (Priam). * Laomedon, the Thespian son of Heracles and Meline, daughter of King Thespius of Thespiae. Laomedon and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night, for a week or in the course of 50 days while hunting for the Cithaeronian lion. Later on, the hero sent a message to Thespius to keep seven of these sons and send three of them in Thebes while the remaining forty, joined by Iolaus, were dispatched to the island of Sardinia to found a colony. * Laomedon, an Ethiopian who went to Troy under the command of their leader, King Memnon, son of Tithonus and Eos. He was eventually slain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the Cosmogony, origin and Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, nature of the world, the lives and activities of List of Greek mythological figures, deities, Greek hero cult, heroes, and List of Greek mythological creatures, mythological creatures, and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks' own cult (religious practice), cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars study the myths to shed light on the religious and political institutions of ancient Greece, and to better understand the nature of myth-making itself. The Greek myths were initially propagated in an oral tradition, oral-poetic tradition most likely by Minoan civilization, Minoan and Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaean singers starting in the 18th century BC; eventually the myths of the heroes of the Trojan War and its after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
