Laodamia
Americannoun
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a daughter of Acastus who killed herself so that she could join her husband, Protesilaus, in the underworld.
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(in theIliad ) the mother, by Zeus, of Sarpedon.
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Greek mythology also gave us Laodamia, who, devastated after the death of her husband in the Trojan war, had a bronze likeness made of him.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2017
They had Hermes bring him up from the dead to see once again his deeply mourning wife, Laodamia.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
I., page 223, "Laodamia," stanza beginning, "Be taught, O faithful Consort."
From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various
Laodamia is a very original poem; I mean original with reference to your own manner.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
What does Porson there testify of the Laodamia?
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 by Various
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