Editing Laothoe

{{Short description|Term in Greek mythology}}
{{For|the moth genus|Laothoe (moth){{!}}''Laothoe'' (moth)}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Laothoe''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Λαοθόη) can refer to the following women:

*Laothoe, consort of King [[Porthaon]] of [[Calydon]] and mother of [[Sterope]], [[Stratonice (mythology)|Stratonice]] and [[Eurythemiste]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' {{abbr|fr|fragment}}. [http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/graeca/Chronologia/S_ante08/Hesiodos/hes_ka03.html#026 26.7] {{harvtxt|Merkelbach|West|1967}}</ref>
*Laothoe or [[Antianeira of Alope|Antianeira]],<ref>''[[Argonautica Orphica]]'' 127 ff.</ref> daughter of [[Menetus (mythology)|Menetus]] (Meretus), mother of the [[Argonauts]] [[Eurytus|Erytus]] (Eurytus) and [[Echion]] by [[Hermes]].<ref>''Argonautica Orphica'' 135</ref>
*Laothoe, a [[Thespiae|Thespian]] princess as one of the 50 daughters of King [[Thespius]] and [[Megamede]]<ref name=":02">[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 2.4.10; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]], ''Chiliades'' 2.222</ref> or by one of his many wives.<ref name=":1">[[Diodorus Siculus]], 4.29.2</ref> When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the [[Lion of Cithaeron|Cithaeronian lion]],<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.9</ref> Laothoe with her other sisters, except for one,<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 9.27.6; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#note51 f.n. 51]</ref> all laid with the hero in a night,<ref>Pausanias, 9.27.6–7; Gregorius Nazianzenus, ''Orat.'' IV, ''Contra Julianum'' I (Migne ''S. Gr.'' 35.661)</ref> a week<ref>[[Athenaeus]], 13.4 with [[Herodorus]] as the authority; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#note51 f.n. 51]</ref> or for 50 days<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3; Tzetzes, ''Chiliades'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades2.html 2.224]</ref> as what their father strongly desired it to be.<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3</ref> Laothoe bore [[Heracles]] a son, [[Antiphus]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.7.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Laothoe 2.7.8]</ref>
*Laothoe, mother of [[Thestor (mythology)|Thestor]] by [[Idmon]].<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], 1.139</ref>
*Laothoe, a consort of [[Priam]], king of [[Troy]], and mother of [[Lycaon (son of Priam)|Lycaon]] and sometimes [[Polydorus (son of Priam)|Polydorus]]. Her father was [[Altes]], king of the [[Leleges]].<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 21.85 & 22.48</ref>
*Laothoe, wife of the [[Troy|Trojan]] elder [[Clytius]].<ref>[[Tzetzes]], ''Homerica'' 437 ff.</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Athenaeus|Athenaeus of Naucratis]], ''The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned.'' London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0003 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Athenaeus of Naucratis, ''Deipnosophistae''. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0001 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[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 4.59–8. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Hesiod]], ''Catalogue of Women'' from ''Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica'' translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html Online version at theio.com]
* [[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* {{Citation| last1=Merkelbach| first1=R.| last2=West| first2=M.L.| title=Fragmenta Hesiodea| place=Oxford| year=1967| ISBN=0-19-814171-8}}.
* [[Argonautica Orphica|''The Orphic Argonautica'']], translated by Jason Colavito.  Copyright 2011. [https://topostext.org/work/549 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]], ''Book of Histories,'' Book II-IV translated by Gary Berkowitz from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades2.html Online version at theio.com]
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