Laodocus

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::summary Mythological characters ::

In Greek mythology, the name Laodocus (; Ancient Greek: Λαόδοκος or Λαοδόκος means "receiving the people") or Leodocus (Λεωδόκος) may refer to:

• Laodocus, the Aetolian son of Apollo and Phthia, brother of Dorus and Polypoetes; all three were killed by Aetolus, son of Endymion.
• Laodocus or Leodocus, one of the Argonauts, son of Bias and Pero, brother of Talaus and Areius.
• Laodocus, a warrior in the army of the Seven against Thebes, who won the javelin-throwing match at the funeral games of Opheltes.
• Laodocus or Ladocus, a prince of Tegea as son of King Echemus of Arcadia and Timandra, daughter of Tyndareus and Leda. The suburb Ladoceia in Arcadia was named after him.
• Laodocus, a Trojan prince and an illegitimate son of King Priam of Troy.
• Laodocus, son of Antenor and Theano, thus a brother of Crino, Acamas, Agenor, Antheus, Archelochus, Coön, Demoleon, Eurymachus, Glaucus, Helicaon, Iphidamas, Laodamas, Medon, Polybus and Thersilochus. Athena assumed Laodocus' shape to persuade Pandarus to break the truce between the Greeks and the Trojans. He is possibly the same as the Laodocus killed by Diomedes.

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References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at theio.com.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.

References

1. [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)
2. [[Apollonius of Rhodes. Apollonius Rhodius]], 1.119
3. [[Valerius Flaccus (poet). Valerius Flaccus]], 1.358
4. ''[[Argonautica Orphica]]'' 149
5. Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.6.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=6&highlight=Laodocus 3.6.4]
6. [[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women. Ehoiai]]'' fr. 23(a)31–35
7. [[Pausanias (geographer)
8. Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=12&highlight=Laodocus 3.12.5]
9. [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 4.87
10. Pausanias, 10.27.4
11. Homer, ''Iliad'' 2.823, 11.60 & 12.100; Apollodorus, [[Epitome]] 3.34
12. [[Tzetzes. (2015). "Allegories of the Iliad". Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.
13. Tzetzes, John. (2015). "Allegories of the Iliad". Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.
14. Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.59, 21.545 & 579
15. Tzetzes on [[Lycophron]], 134
16. Apollodorus, Epitome 3.34; Homer, ''Iliad'' 2.823, 12.100 & 14.464
17. Tzetzes, John. (2015). "Allegories of the Iliad". Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.
18. Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.248 & 256, 19.53
19. Homer, ''Iliad'' 20.395
20. Pausanias, 10.27.3
21. [[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 6.484; Apollodorus, Epitome 5.21; [[Dictys Cretensis]], 4.7; Pausanias, 10.27.3
22. Homer, ''Iliad'' 3.123
23. Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.221 & 261; Pausanias, 4.36.4 & 5.19.4
24. Homer, ''Iliad'' 15.516
25. Tzetzes, John. (2015). "Allegories of the Iliad". Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.
26. Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 6.484
27. Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.59
28. Homer, ''Iliad'' 4.85
29. [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 11.85

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