Laodamia (daughter of Bellerophon)

Mortal woman

A character named in Homer's Iliad. The English introduction is not yet available.

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Mentions in the Iliad

A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“a fair tract of orchard and of plough-land, to possess it. And the lady bare to wise-hearted Bellerophon three children, Isander and Hippolochus and Laodameia. With Laodameia lay Zeus the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon, the warrior harnessed in bronze.”
Il. 6.195–199

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Beloved · Sources
Beloved · Sources

Лаодамия — возлюбленная Зевса: прямо подтверждено словами Зевса в Илиаде; связь не обозначена как супружество.

Homer, Iliad 6, trans. A. T. Murray (Theoi Classical Texts Library) · Iliad 6.198–199 ↗
a fair tract of orchard and of plough-land, to possess it. And the lady bare to wise-hearted Bellerophon three children, Isander and Hippolochus and Laodameia. With Laodameia lay Zeus the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon, the warrior harnessed in bronze.
Il. 6.198–199

Il. 6.198–199

Brother · Sources
Brother · Sources

Братство или сестринство выведено из общего родителя: Беллерофонт. Матери и отцы, не указанные в источнике, не предполагаются.

a fair tract of orchard and of plough-land, to possess it. And the lady bare to wise-hearted Bellerophon three children, Isander and Hippolochus and Laodameia. With Laodameia lay Zeus the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon, the warrior harnessed in bronze.
Il. 6.196–197

Il. 6.196–197

Brother · Sources
Brother · Sources

Братство или сестринство выведено из общего родителя: Беллерофонт. Матери и отцы, не указанные в источнике, не предполагаются.

a fair tract of orchard and of plough-land, to possess it. And the lady bare to wise-hearted Bellerophon three children, Isander and Hippolochus and Laodameia. With Laodameia lay Zeus the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon, the warrior harnessed in bronze.
Il. 6.196–197

Il. 6.196–197

Grandfather · Sources
Grandfather · Sources

Происхождение выведено по цепочке родителей: Главк → Беллерофонт → Лаодамия.

and Glaucus begat peerless Bellerophon. To him the gods granted beauty and lovely manliness; but Proetus in his heart devised against him evil, and drave him, seeing he was mightier far, from the land of the Argives; for Zeus had made them subject to his sceptre.
Il. 6.155
a fair tract of orchard and of plough-land, to possess it. And the lady bare to wise-hearted Bellerophon three children, Isander and Hippolochus and Laodameia. With Laodameia lay Zeus the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon, the warrior harnessed in bronze.
Il. 6.196–197

Il. 6.155 · Il. 6.196–197

Great-grandfather · Sources
Great-grandfather · Sources

Происхождение выведено по цепочке родителей: Сизиф → Главк → Беллерофонт → Лаодамия.

Howbeit, if thou wilt, hear this also, that thou mayest know well my lineage; and many there be that know it. There is a city Ephyre in the heart of Argos, pasture-land of horses, and there dwelt Sisyphus that was craftiest of men, Sisyphus, son of Aeolus; and he begat a son Glaucus;
Il. 6.154
and Glaucus begat peerless Bellerophon. To him the gods granted beauty and lovely manliness; but Proetus in his heart devised against him evil, and drave him, seeing he was mightier far, from the land of the Argives; for Zeus had made them subject to his sceptre.
Il. 6.155
a fair tract of orchard and of plough-land, to possess it. And the lady bare to wise-hearted Bellerophon three children, Isander and Hippolochus and Laodameia. With Laodameia lay Zeus the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon, the warrior harnessed in bronze.
Il. 6.196–197

Il. 6.154 · Il. 6.155 · Il. 6.196–197

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Ancestor · Sources
Ancestor · Sources

Происхождение выведено по цепочке родителей: Эол → Сизиф → Главк → Беллерофонт → Лаодамия.

Howbeit, if thou wilt, hear this also, that thou mayest know well my lineage; and many there be that know it. There is a city Ephyre in the heart of Argos, pasture-land of horses, and there dwelt Sisyphus that was craftiest of men, Sisyphus, son of Aeolus; and he begat a son Glaucus;
Il. 6.154
and Glaucus begat peerless Bellerophon. To him the gods granted beauty and lovely manliness; but Proetus in his heart devised against him evil, and drave him, seeing he was mightier far, from the land of the Argives; for Zeus had made them subject to his sceptre.
Il. 6.155
a fair tract of orchard and of plough-land, to possess it. And the lady bare to wise-hearted Bellerophon three children, Isander and Hippolochus and Laodameia. With Laodameia lay Zeus the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon, the warrior harnessed in bronze.
Il. 6.196–197

Il. 6.154 · Il. 6.155 · Il. 6.196–197

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