LAOMEDON, /a-elli-l-eign, king of Troy, son of King Ilus, married the Scamander's daughter Strymo, who bore him Priam, Hesitine, &c. In building Troy's walls he was aided, at Jupiter's order, by Apollo and Neptune (then in banishment from heaven), whom he refused their promised reward ; whereon Neptune sent a sea-monster to ravage Troas, and the Trojans had to deliver it annually a maiden, chosen by lot : when the lot fell on Hesione, Hercules delivered her by slaying the monster, Laomedon having promised him the horses given to Trot by Jupiter for Ganymedes. Laomcdon again broke his word, was besieged by Hercules, and killed with all his family except Priam and Hesione, the former of whom was ransomed by the Trojans and made king, and the latter was married by the hero to his attendant Terimon. The visit of Paris to Greece (when he stole Helen) was due to his wishing to communicate with Hesione. LAPITFLE, -t-thte, the mythical descend ants of L/f/ithus, the son of Apollo by Stilbe ; they were sprung from his sons, Phorbas and Periphas, by Euryn6mus's daughter Orsiniime, and dwelt in the mountains of Thessaly, under King Pirithftus, who, as Ixion's son, was half brother of the Centaurs. At Pirithous's
nuptials with Hippodamia, the intoxicated Centaurs who were present offered her and her maids violence, instigated by Mars, who was ' offended at not being invited. Shortly before this, peace had been concluded between them and Pirithous, after a war caused by their claiming a share of their father's kingdom ; the late hostile feelings were now re-awakened and aggravated ; a general fight took place, and the Centaurs were defeated. The Lapithm invented bits and bridles.
LAB, lar, or LARS, Lars (-tis), an Etruscan title, king, lord, or hero, applied to chiefs, as Porsenna, and Tolumnius : occasionally it was used as a Roman prmnomen, e. g., by Lar Herminius, consul 448 B.C.