Career
After the death of Philip in 336 British Columbia, Laomedon, in common with the others who had suffered on this occasion, was held by Alexander in the highest honour: he accompanied him to Asia, where, on account of his acquaintance with the Persian language, he was appointed in charge of the captives. Though his name is not afterwards mentioned during the wars of Alexander, the high consideration he enjoyed is sufficiently attested by his obtaining in the division of the provinces, after the king"s death in 323 British Columbia, the important government of Syria. This he was still allowed to retain on the second partition at Triparadisus in 321 British Columbia, but it was not long before the provinces of Phoenicia and Coele-Syria attracted the interest of his powerful neighbour Ptolemy.
The Egyptian king at first offered Laomedon a large sum of money in exchange for his government.
When the latter rejected his overtures, he sent Nicanor with an army to invade Syria. Laomedon was unable to offer any effective resistance.
He was made prisoner by Nicanor and sent to Egypt. However, he managed to escape and join Alcetas in Pisidia.
lieutenant is probable that Laomedon took part in the subsequent contest involving Alcetas, Attalus, and the other surviving partisans of Perdiccas against Antigonus, and shared in the final overthrow of Antigonus in 320 British Columbia, but his individual fate is not mentioned.
