Laothoe
Term in Greek mythology
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In Greek mythology, Laothoe (Ancient Greek: Λαοθόη, lit. 'swift among the people' or 'she who moves quickly through the host'[1]) can refer to the following women:
- Laothoe, consort of King Porthaon of Calydon and mother of Sterope, Stratonice and Eurythemiste.[2]
- Laothoe or Antianeira,[3] daughter of Menetus (Meretus), mother of the Argonauts Erytus (Eurytus) and Echion by Hermes.[4]
- Laothoe, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede[5] or by one of his many wives.[6] When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion,[7] Laothoe with her other sisters, except for one,[8] all laid with the hero in a night,[9] a week[10] or for 50 days[11] as what their father strongly desired it to be.[12] Laothoe bore Heracles a son, Antiphus.[13]
- Laothoe, mother of Thestor by Idmon.[14]
- Laothoe, a consort of Priam, king of Troy, and mother of Lycaon and sometimes Polydorus. Her father was Altes, king of the Leleges.[15]
- Laothoe, wife of the Trojan elder Clytius.[16]
