Labda (mythology)
According to Herodotus, Labda (Ancient Greek: Λάβδα) was a daughter of the Bacchiad Amphion, and mother of Cypselus, by Eetion.[1] Her name was derived from the fact of her feet being turned outward, and thus resembling the letter lambda (Λ),[2] which, by the accounts of the most ancient Greek grammarians, was originally pronounced labda [labda].
Notes
- ^ Aelius Herodianus, v. 92. (cited in Smith)
- ^ Etymologicum Magnum p. 199. Compare Cypselus. (cited in Smith)
References
- "Labda." Leonhard Schmitz. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. William Smith, editor (1870).
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