On the interior of the Pergamon Altar is a frieze depicting the life of Telephus, son of Herakles, whom the ruling Attalid dynasty associated with its city and utilized to claim descent from the Olympians.
Myth provides explanations for this confrontation in assuming that their king Telephus was married to Laodice, the daughter of King Priam.
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However he declined their offer, claiming that he was the son-in-law of King Priam through his wife Laodice.
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He appeared in Troy (2004) playing the Trojan high priest and Prince Telephus, as well as the 2006 Hallmark Channel production of Blackbeard as a marooned sailor.