Laodamia (daughter of Bellerophon)
Mortal woman
A character named in Homer's Iliad. The English introduction is not yet available.
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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 Bellerophonthree children, IsanderIsIs and HippolochusHiHi and LaodameiaLaLa. With LaodameiaLaLa lay Zeus
the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon
, the warrior harnessed in bronze.”
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Father · Sources
a fair tract of orchard and of plough-land, to possess it. And the lady bare to wise-hearted Bellerophonthree children, IsanderIsIs and HippolochusHiHi and LaodameiaLaLa. With LaodameiaLaLa lay Zeus
the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon
, the warrior harnessed in bronze.
Il. 6.196–197
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 Bellerophonthree children, IsanderIsIs and HippolochusHiHi and LaodameiaLaLa. With LaodameiaLaLa lay Zeus
the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon
, the warrior harnessed in bronze.
Il. 6.198–199
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 Bellerophonthree children, IsanderIsIs and HippolochusHiHi and LaodameiaLaLa. With LaodameiaLaLa lay Zeus
the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon
, the warrior harnessed in bronze.
Il. 6.196–197
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 Bellerophonthree children, IsanderIsIs and HippolochusHiHi and LaodameiaLaLa. With LaodameiaLaLa lay Zeus
the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon
, the warrior harnessed in bronze.
Il. 6.196–197
Son · Sources
a fair tract of orchard and of plough-land, to possess it. And the lady bare to wise-hearted Bellerophonthree children, IsanderIsIs and HippolochusHiHi and LaodameiaLaLa. With LaodameiaLaLa lay Zeus
the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon
, the warrior harnessed in bronze.
Il. 6.198–199
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.
a fair tract of orchard and of plough-land, to possess it. And the lady bare to wise-hearted Bellerophonthree children, IsanderIsIs and HippolochusHiHi and LaodameiaLaLa. With LaodameiaLaLa lay Zeus
the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon
, the warrior harnessed in bronze.
Il. 6.155 · Il. 6.196–197
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 Sisyphusthat was craftiest of men, Sisyphus
, son of AeolusAiAi; and he begat a son GlaucusGlGl;
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.
a fair tract of orchard and of plough-land, to possess it. And the lady bare to wise-hearted Bellerophonthree children, IsanderIsIs and HippolochusHiHi and LaodameiaLaLa. With LaodameiaLaLa lay Zeus
the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon
, the warrior harnessed in bronze.
Il. 6.154 · Il. 6.155 · Il. 6.196–197
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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 Sisyphusthat was craftiest of men, Sisyphus
, son of AeolusAiAi; and he begat a son GlaucusGlGl;
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.
a fair tract of orchard and of plough-land, to possess it. And the lady bare to wise-hearted Bellerophonthree children, IsanderIsIs and HippolochusHiHi and LaodameiaLaLa. With LaodameiaLaLa lay Zeus
the counsellor, and she bare godlike Sarpedon
, the warrior harnessed in bronze.
Il. 6.154 · Il. 6.155 · Il. 6.196–197
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