Laodamas, son ofEteocles, inheritedThebes from his father.[2] In one version of the myth (different from the one recounted inSophocles'Antigone), he was responsible for the deaths of his auntsAntigone andIsmene, whom he prosecuted for having buriedPolynices. They sought refuge in the temple ofHera, but Laodamas set fire to it and thus killed them.[3] During the battle of theEpigoni, he was killed byAlcmaeon after he killedAegialeus.[4] Other sources state that he survived and fled to theEncheleans inIllyria,[5] and subsequently led an expedition toThessaly.[6]
Laodamas, son ofHector andAndromache and brother ofAstyanax.[28] Unlike Astyanax, he was spared by the Greeks and stayed by his mother's side.[29]
Laodamas, a prince ofScheria as son of KingAlcinous andArete of thePhaecians. He was the brother ofNausicaa,[30]Halius andClytoneus. Alcinous givesOdysseus Laodamas's chair, "whence he bade his son give place, valiant Laodamas, who sat next him and was his dearest".[31] He is the most handsome of the Phaeacians, and the best boxer in the games held in Odysseus's honor. He and his brothers were also the winners of the foot-racing contest.[32] Laodamas asks Odysseus to join in the games. After Odysseus is rebuked byEuryalus, he challenges any of the Phaeacians save Laodamas.[33] Laodamas and Halius are the best dancers among the Phaeacians.[34][35]
^Tzetzes, John (2015).Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 283, 15.193.ISBN978-0-674-96785-4.
^Tzetzes, John (2015).Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 61,Prologue 806–807, p. 219, 11.44–46.ISBN978-0-674-96785-4.
^abTzetzes, John (2015).Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 219, 11.44–46.ISBN978-0-674-96785-4.
^Tzetzes, John (2015).Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 61,Prologue 806–807.ISBN978-0-674-96785-4.
Tzetzes, John,Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.
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