Hesione
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Greek Daughter of Laomedon, king of
Troy; sister of Priam. Laomedon offered Hesione as
sacrifice to a sea monster to appease the gods Poseidon
and Apollo. Heracles slew the monster and gave
Hesione in marriage to Telamon, with whom she bore
a son, Teucer. Hesione's brother, Priam, now king of
Troy, demanded her return. The refusal of the Greeks
to return Hesione to her Trojan home was said to have
caused some of the ill feeling that eventually led to the
war between Greece and Troy (see the Trojan War).
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- Laomedon Greek First king of Troy; father of Priam, Hesione, and others.
- Telamon (Telemon) Greek Son of King Aecus of Aegina; brother of Peleus; father, with Hesione, of Teucer, the great archer.
- Hesione - Mythology.