One of the few works showing the story of Laomedon is thought to have been painted by Joachim von Sandrart and Girolamo Troppa in the late seventeenth century. Joachim von Sandrart (1606–1688) and Girolamo Troppa (1637–1710) (attr), Laomedon Refusing Payment to Poseidon and Apollo (date not known), oil on panel, 96.5 x 80.6, Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland. Once the walls were complete, the two gods reminded Laomedon of their bargain for repayment, but the king denied ever agreeing to it. Ilus’s son Laomedon then had the task of building walls to defend the flourishing city, something he was struggling with until the gods Apollo and Poseidon agreed to help him. When Ilus prayed for the safety of his new city, the goddess (Pallas) Athena deposited an image of herself as its protectress, and this became the city’s sacred talisman or Palladium, and origin of the modern English word. It was his son Ilus who founded the city of Ilios, which in turn became known as Troy, or alternatively as Ilion (Greek) or Ilium (Latin). The couple had married in a public ceremony in Troy, and Menelaos reacted just as Zeus had expected, as I’ll describe later.Īccording to legend, the Trojan kingdom had been founded by Tros, after whom it was named.

He had set up the Trojan Prince Paris to abduct Helen, Queen of Sparta and wife of Menelaos, as its primary cause. So far, Zeus’s plan for a war between the Greeks and Trojans had been working well.

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