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In
Greek mythology , the name Laodamia (
Ancient Greek : Λαοδάμεια Laodámeia ) referred to:
Laodamia (or
Hippodamia ),
[1] a
Lycian princess as the daughter of
Bellerophon and
Philonoe , daughter of King
Iobates . Her mother was also known
Alkimedousa ,
[2]
Anticleia ,
[3]
Pasandra or
Cassandra .
[4] Laodamia's brothers were
Hippolochus and
Isander , and by
Zeus , she became the mother of
Sarpedon . She was shot by
Artemis (that is, died a sudden, instant death) one day when she was weaving.
[5]
[6]
Diodorus Siculus called her
Deidamia , the wife of
Evander , who was a son of Sarpedon the elder and by her father of Sarpedon the younger.
[7]
Xanthus was also called the father of Sarpedon according to one account.
[8]
Laodamia , daughter of
Acastus and
Astydameia and the wife of
Protesilaus . When her husband fell in the
Trojan War , Laodamia committed suicide rather than be without him.
[9]
Laodamia or
Leaneira ,
[10] an
Arcadian queen as the wife of King
Arcas by whom she became the mother of
Elatus ,
Apheidas and
Triphylus . Laodamia was the daughter of King
Amyclas of Sparta and
Diomede , daughter of
Lapithes .
[11] Through this parentage, she was considered the sister of
Argalus ,
[12]
Cynortes ,
[13]
Hyacinthus ,
[14]
Polyboea ,
[15]
Hegesandra
[16] and, in other versions, of
Daphne .
[17]
Laodamia, daughter of
Alcmaeon , wife of
Peleus and mother by him of
Polydora .
[18] But see
Antigone .
Laodamia, wife of
Anticlus .
[19] Her husband was one of the men who were hiding in the
Trojan Horse .
[20]
Laodamia or
Laodice , alternate name for
Iphthime , daughter of
Icarius of
Sparta and
Asterodia , daughter of
Eurypylus .
[21] She was the sister of
Amasichus ,
Phalereus ,
Thoon ,
Pheremmelias and
Perilaos .
[22]
Laodamia or
Arsinoe , nurse of
Orestes . She saved his life by sending him to
Strophius after the murder of
Agamemnon , whereas
Aegisthus killed her own son, taking him for Orestes.
[23]
Laodamia, alternate name for
Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous) occurring in a red-figure vase painting.
[24]
Notes
^
Pseudo-Clement ,
Recognitions 10.21
^
Scholia on
Homer ,
Iliad 6.192
^ Scholia on
Pindar , Olympian Ode 13. 61
^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 6.155
^ Homer, Iliad
6.197–205
^ Oxford Classical Mythology Online.
"Chapter 25: Myths of Local Heroes and Heroines" . Classical Mythology, Seventh Edition . Oxford University Press USA. Archived from
the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2010 .
^
Diodorus Siculus , 5.79.3
^
Dictys Cretensis , 2.11
^
Apollodorus ,
Epitome 3.30;
Ovid ,
Heroides 13;
Hyginus , Fabulae 104
^ Apollodorus,
3.9.1
^
Pausanias , 10.9.5
^ Pausanias, 3.1.3
^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
^ Pausanias,
3.19.4
^ Scholia on Homer,
Odyssey 4.10;
Pherecydes , fr. 132
^
Parthenius , 15
^ Scholia on Homer,
Iliad 2.684
^
Tryphiodorus , 475
^ Apollodorus, Epitome 5.19
^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.797
^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 1.275-277
^ Pindar, Pythian Ode 11.25 with scholia; Scholia on
Aeschylus ,
Libation-Bearers 714 (729)
^ Archäologische Zeitung 29.159
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