Deidamia (Greek myth)
In Greek mythology, Deidamia (/ˌdeɪdəˈmaɪə/; Greek: Δηϊδάμεια, Deidameia) was the name referring to the following women:
- Deidamia, daughter of King Perieres of Messenia and the mother of Iphiclus, Althaea and Leda by King Thestius of Pleuron.[1]
- Deidamia of Scyros, a princess and daughter of King Lycomedes. She was the lover of Achilles and by him the mother of Neoptolemus.[2]
- Deidamia, daughter of the hero Bellerophon and Philonoe, daughter of the Lycian king, Iobates. She married King Evander of Lycia, son of the elder Sarpedon, and had by him a son, the younger Sarpedon, who was identified with the Sarpedon that fought at Troy.[3] Under the name of Hippodamia[4] or Laodamia[5] she also said to coupled with either Zeus or Xanthus[6] to bore Sarpedon.
- Deidamia, other name of Hippodamia, the bride of Pirithous who was abducted by the Centaurs.[7]
References
- Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 201
- Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 13. 8
- Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 5. 79. 3
- Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21
- Homer, Iliad, 6. 197-205
- Dictys Cretensis. Trojan War Chronicle, 2.11
- Plutarch, Parallel lives: Theseus, 30. 3
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