Editing Laodamia

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In [[Greek mythology]], the name '''Laodamia''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Λαοδάμεια ''Laodámeia'') referred to:

* Laodamia (or [[Hippodamia (mythology)|Hippodamia]]),<ref>[[Pseudo-Clement]], ''[[Clementine Recognitions|Recognitions]]'' 10.21</ref> a [[Lycia]]n princess as the daughter of [[Bellerophon]] and [[Philonoe]], daughter of King [[Iobates]]. Her mother was also known [[Alcimedusa|Alkimedousa]],<ref>[[Scholia]] ad [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 6.192</ref> [[Anticlea (mythology)|Anticleia]],<ref>Scholia ad [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Ode'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiaveterain00dracgoog/page/374/mode/1up?view=theater 13.82b]</ref> [[Pasandra]] or [[Cassandra (mythology)|Cassandra]].<ref>Scholia ad Homer, ''Iliad''  6.155</ref> Laodamia's brothers were [[Hippolochus (mythology)|Hippolochus]] and [[Isander]], and by [[Zeus]], she became the mother of [[Sarpedon (Trojan War hero)|Sarpedon]]. She was shot by [[Artemis]] (that is, died a sudden, instant death) one day when she was weaving.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-eng1:6.191-6.231 6.197–205]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.us.oup.com/us/companion.websites/0195153448/studentresources/chapters/ch25/?view=usa |title=Chapter 25: Myths of Local Heroes and Heroines |author=Oxford Classical Mythology Online |work=Classical Mythology, Seventh Edition |publisher=Oxford University Press USA |accessdate=April 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715021720/http://www.us.oup.com/us/companion.websites/0195153448/studentresources/chapters/ch25/?view=usa |archivedate=July 15, 2011 }}</ref> [[Diodorus Siculus]] called her [[Deidamia (Greek myth)|Deidamia]], the wife of [[Evander (mythology)|Evander]], who was a son of Sarpedon the elder and by her father of Sarpedon the younger.<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], 5.79.3</ref> [[Xanthus (mythology)|Xanthus]] was also called the father of Sarpedon according to one account.<ref>[[Dictys Cretensis]], 2.11</ref>
*[[Laodamia of Phylace|Laodamia]], daughter of [[Acastus]] and [[Astydamia of Iolcus|Astydamia]] and the wife of [[Protesilaus]]. When her husband fell in the [[Trojan War]], Laodamia committed suicide rather than be without him.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], E.3.30; [[Ovid]], ''[[Heroides]]'' 13; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 104</ref>
* Laodamia or [[Leanira|Leaneira]],<ref>Apollodorus, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.9.1 3.9.1]</ref> an [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadian]] queen as the wife of King [[Arcas]] by whom she became the mother of [[Elatus]], [[Apheidas of Arcadia|Apheidas]] and [[Triphylus]]. Laodamia was the daughter of King [[Amyclas]] of Sparta and [[Diomede]], daughter of [[Lapithes (hero)|Lapithes]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 10.9.5</ref> Through this parentage, she was considered the sister of [[Argalus]],<ref>Pausanias, 3.1.3</ref> [[Cynortas|Cynortes]],<ref>Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1</ref> [[Hyacinth (mythology)|Hyacinthus]],<ref>Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3</ref> [[Polyboea]],<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+3.19.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=3:chapter=19&highlight=Hyacinthus 3.19.4]</ref> [[Hegesandra]]<ref>Scholia ad Homer, ''[[Odyssey]]'' 4.10; [[Pherecydes of Syros|Pherecydes]], fr. 132</ref> and, in other versions, of [[Daphne]].<ref>[[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], 15</ref>
* Laodamia, daughter of [[Alcmaeon (mythology)|Alcmaeon]], wife of [[Peleus]] and mother by him of [[Polydora]].<ref>Scholia ad Homer, ''Iliad'' 2.684</ref> But see [[Antigone of Phthia|Antigone]].
* Laodamia, wife of [[Anticlus (mythology)|Anticlus]].<ref>[[Tryphiodorus]], 475</ref> Her husband was one of the men who were hiding in the [[Trojan Horse]].<ref>Apollodorus, E.5.19</ref>
* Laodamia, alternate name for [[Iphthime]], daughter of [[Icarius]] of [[Sparta]] and [[Asterodia]], daughter of [[Eurypylus]]. She was the sister of [[Penelope]], [[Damasiclus|Amasichus]], [[Phalerus|Phalereus]], [[Thoon (mythology)|Thoon]], [[Pheremmelias]], [[Perileos|Perilaos]].<ref name=":0">Scholia ad Homer, ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain07dindgoog/page/236/mode/1up?view=theater 4.797]</ref> Laodamia was also called [[Laodice (Greek myth)|Laodice]],<ref>Scholia ad Homer, ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain07dindgoog/page/48/mode/1up?view=theater 1.275] &  [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain07dindgoog/page/49/mode/1up?view=theater 277]</ref> [[Meda (mythology)|Mede]] and [[Hypsipyle]].<ref name=":0" />
* Laodamia or [[Arsinoe (Greek mythology)|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.<ref>Pindar, ''Pythian Ode'' 11.25 with scholia; Scholia on [[Aeschylus]], ''[[Oresteia|Libation-Bearers]]'' 714 (729)</ref>
*Laodamia, alternate name for [[Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous)]] occurring in a red-figure vase painting.<ref>''Archäologische Zeitung'' 29.159</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==

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*[[Dictys Cretensis]]'', from The Trojan War.'' ''The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and [[Dares Phrygius|Dares the Phrygian]]'' translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. [https://topostext.org/work/152 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''The Library of History'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59&ndash;8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
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* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
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* [[Clementine literature|Pseudo-Clement]], ''Recognitions'' from [[Ante-Nicene Period|Ante-Nicene]] Library Volume 8'','' translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ClementRecognitions.html Online version at theio.com]
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