Laothoe

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::summary Term in Greek mythology ::

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.
• Laothoe or Antianeira, daughter of Menetus (Meretus), mother of the Argonauts Erytus (Eurytus) and Echion by Hermes.
• Laothoe, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede or by one of his many wives. When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion, Laothoe with her other sisters, except for one, all laid with the hero in a night, a week or for 50 days as what their father strongly desired it to be. Laothoe bore Heracles a son, Antiphus.
• Laothoe, mother of Thestor by Idmon.
• Laothoe, a consort of Priam, king of Troy, and mother of Lycaon and sometimes Polydorus. Her father was Altes, king of the Leleges.
• Laothoe, wife of the Trojan elder Clytius.

Notes

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.
• Athenaeus of Naucratis, The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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
• 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.
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• 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.
• 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

References

1. [[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women. Ehoiai]]'' {{abbr. fr. fragment. [http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/graeca/Chronologia/S_ante08/Hesiodos/hes_ka03.html#026 26.7] {{harvtxt. Merkelbach. West. 1967
2. ''[[Argonautica Orphica]]'' 127 ff.
3. ''Argonautica Orphica'' 135
4. [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus). Apollodorus]], 2.4.10; [[John Tzetzes. Tzetzes]], ''Chiliades'' 2.222
5. [[Diodorus Siculus]], 4.29.2
6. Apollodorus, 2.4.9
7. [[Pausanias (geographer). Pausanias]], 9.27.6; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#note51 f.n. 51]
8. Pausanias, 9.27.6–7; Gregorius Nazianzenus, ''Orat.'' IV, ''Contra Julianum'' I (Migne ''S. Gr.'' 35.661)
9. [[Athenaeus]], 13.4 with [[Herodorus]] as the authority; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#note51 f.n. 51]
10. Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3; Tzetzes, ''Chiliades'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades2.html 2.224]
11. Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3
12. Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.7.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Laothoe 2.7.8]
13. [[Scholia]] on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], 1.139
14. [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 21.85 & 22.48
15. [[Tzetzes]], ''Homerica'' 437 ff.

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