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Hesione

by Micha F. Lindemans
The daughter of Laomedon, king of Troy. To pacify Poseidon, Hesione was to be sacrificed to a sea monster that the god had sent to the lands surrounding Troy. The monster was killed by Heracles and the girl was spared.

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