Laothoe

Template:Short description Template:For 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 and Eurythemiste.<ref>Hesiod, Ehoiai Template:Abbr. 26.7 Template:Harvtxt</ref>
• Laothoe or Antianeira,<ref>Argonautica Orphica 127 ff.</ref> daughter of Menetus (Meretus), mother of the Argonauts Erytus (Eurytus) and Echion by Hermes.<ref>Argonautica Orphica 135</ref>
• Laothoe, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede<ref name=":02">Apollodorus, 2.4.10; 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 Cithaeronian lion,<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.9</ref> Laothoe with her other sisters, except for one,<ref>Pausanias, 9.27.6; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3, 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, f.n. 51</ref> or for 50 days<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3; Tzetzes, Chiliades 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, 2.7.8</ref>
• Laothoe, mother of Thestor by Idmon.<ref>Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.139</ref>
• Laothoe, a consort of Priam, king of Troy, and mother of Lycaon and sometimes Polydorus. Her father was Altes, king of the Leleges.<ref>Homer, Iliad 21.85 & 22.48</ref>
• Laothoe, wife of the Trojan elder Clytius.<ref>Tzetzes, Homerica 437 ff.</ref>

References

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• 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. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
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• 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. Online version at theio.com
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• Tzetzes, John, Book of Histories, Book II-IV translated by Gary Berkowitz from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com