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