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
Jupiter heard her prayer, and he ordered Mercury to conduct Protesilaus from Hades, the land of the dead, to Thessaly, to remain with Laodamia for the space of three hours.
From The Story of Troy by Clarke, Michael
Let us examine into this pretended mistake in your former dialogue about Laodamia.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 by Various
He endeavours to unite in it three distinct threads of interest,—that of his passion for Lesbia, that of the romance of Laodamia and Protesilaus, and that of his brother's death in the Troad.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
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