Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Laomedon.
The gallery
Laomedon Refusing Payment to Poseidon and Apollo
Joachim von Sandrart (attributed) / Girolamo Troppa (attributed), 17th century
Baroque canvas of the Trojan king stiff-necked before the gods who built his walls: Poseidon and Apollo stand unpaid while Laomedon’s court watches the perjury that will bring Heracles’ sack of Troy. The painting isolates the cheat that defines Laomedon in Apollodorus and the Iliadic backstory.
Heracles and Laomedon
Unknown (Lombard workshop), c. 16th–17th century
A Valle Sabbia museum panel stages Heracles confronting Troy’s king — the sequel to the unpaid walls and the Hesione bargain. Laomedon appears as the mortal who cheats gods and heroes alike until the city falls the first time.