Laodamia: Meaning and Definition of

La•od•a•mi•a

Pronunciation: (lā-od"u-mī'u), [key]
— n. Class Myth.
  1. a daughter of Acastus who committed suicide so that she could join her husband, Protesilaus, in the underworld.
  2. (in the Iliad) the mother, by Zeus, of Sarpedon.
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