What is "laodamia"

In Greek mythology, the name Laodamia referred to:

• Laodamia or Deidamia, daughter of Bellerophon and Philonoe, sister of Hippolochus and Isander and the mother of Sarpedon by Zeus. She was shot by Artemis (that is, died a sudden, instant death) one day when she was weaving. Diodorus Siculus makes her the wife of Evander, who was a son of Sarpedon the elder and by her father of Sarpedon the younger.
• 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.
• Laodamia or Leaneira, a daughter of Amyclas and Diomede, mother of Triphylus by Arcas.
• Laodamia, daughter of Alcmaeon, wife of Peleus and mother by him of Polydora. But see Antigone (daughter of Eurytion).
• Laodamia, wife of Anticlus. Her husband was one of the men who were hiding in the Trojan Horse.
• Laodamia, another name for Iphthime.
• 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.
• Laodamia, alternate name for Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous) occurring in a red-figure vase painting.

Laodamia (1815, 1845) is a narrative poem by William Wordsworth based on a story from the Trojan War.

Laodamia is a genus of snout moths. It is sometimes listed as a subgenus of Oncocera.

Laodamia may refer to:

• Laodamia, the name of several characters in Greek mythology
• Laodamia (moth), a genus of moth
• Laodamia (Wordsworth), a poem by William Wordsworth
• 1011 Laodamia, an asteroid