Laothoe
In Greek mythology, Laothoe (Ancient Greek: Λαοθόη) can refer to the following women:
- Laothoe, consort of King Eurythemiste.[1]
- Laothoe or
- Laothoe, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede[4] or by one of his many wives.[5] When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion,[6] Laothoe with her other sisters, except for one,[7] all laid with the hero in a night,[8] a week[9] or for 50 days[10] as what their father strongly desired it to be.[11] Laothoe bore Heracles a son, Antiphus.[12]
- Laothoe, mother of Thestor by Idmon.[13]
- Laothoe, a consort of
- Laothoe, wife of the Trojan elder Clytius.[15]
Notes
- ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 26.7 Merkelbach & West (1967)
- Argonautica Orphica127 ff.
- ^ Argonautica Orphica 135
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Tzetzes, Chiliades 2.222
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.2
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.4.9
- ^ Pausanias, 9.27.6; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3, f.n. 51
- ^ Pausanias, 9.27.6–7; Gregorius Nazianzenus, Orat. IV, Contra Julianum I (Migne S. Gr. 35.661)
- ^ Athenaeus, 13.4 with Herodorus as the authority; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3, f.n. 51
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3; Tzetzes, Chiliades 2.224
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.7.8
- Apollonius Rhodius, 1.139
- ^ Homer, Iliad 21.85 & 22.48
- Tzetzes, Homerica 437 ff.
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, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. .
- Merkelbach, R.; West, M.L. (1967), Fragmenta Hesiodea, Oxford, ISBN 0-19-814171-8).
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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
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