Laothoe
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In Greek mythology, Laothoe can refer to five women:
- Laothoe, a wife of Priam, king of Troy, and mother of Lycaon. Her father was Altes, king of the Leleges[1].
- Laothoe, one of the daughters of Thespius and Megamede. She bore Heracles a son, Antiphus.[2]
- Laothoe, mother of Thestor by Idmon.[3]
- Laothoe, wife of the Trojan elder Clytius[4].
- Laothoe, daughter of Menetus, possible mother of the Argonauts Erytus (Eurytus) and Echion by Hermes[5].
- Laothoe, wife of Porthaon according to the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women (fr. 26).
[edit] References
- ^ Homer. Iliad, 21, 85.
- ^ Apollodorus. The Library, 2.7.8.
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 139
- ^ Tzetzes on Homer, 437ff
- ^ Argonautica Orphica, 135
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