Laomedon.

     A legendary king of Troy, Laome-don employed Apollo and Poseidon (Neptune) to build a wall around his city. When the work was completed, Laomedon refused to pay for it. In retaliation, Apollo sent a pestilence upon the Trojans and Poseidon called up a sea monster to attack the city; the monster would be appeased only by the sacrifice of Laomedon’s daughter, Hesione.
     Returning from his ninth labor, Heracles (Hercules) arrived at Troy in time to destroy the beast and rescue Hesione, asking in return for the king’s famous horses. Laomedon reneged, and in anger Heracles attacked and captured the city, giving Hesione to his friend Telamon as a reward for his valor in the battle. In this fray Laomedon and all but one of his sons were killed. The survivor, Priam, became the ruler of Troy.
    
     Classical Sources. Homer, Iliad 5.638—51, 2o.236ff., 21.441—57. Pindar, Olympian Odes 8.31-41; Isthmian Odes 6.26ff. Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.196-215. Strabo, Geography 13.1.32. Apollodorus, Biblioteca 2.5.9, 2.6.4, 3.12.3-8, E3.24. Hygi-nus, Fabulae 89.