Lāŏdămīa

, a daughter of Acastus and Astydamia, who married Protesilaus, the son of Iphiclus king of a part of The aly. The departure of her husband for the Trojan war was the source of grief to her, but when she heard that he had fallen by the hand of Hector, her sorrow was increased. To keep alive the memory of her husband whom she had tenderly loved, she ordered a wooden statue to be made and regularly placed in her bed. This was seen by one of her servants, who informed Iphiclus that his daughter’s bed was daily defiled by an unknown stranger. Iphiclus watched his daughter, and when he found that the intelligence was false, he ordered the wooden image to be burned, in hopes of di ipating his daughter’s grief. He did not succeed. Laodamia threw herself into the flames with the image and perished. This circumstance has given occasion to fabulous traditions related by the poets, which mention that Protesilaus was restored to life, and to Laodamia, for three hours, and that when he was obliged to return to the infernal regions, he persuaded his wife to accompany him. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 6 , li. 447 .— Ovid , Heroides , poem 13.— Hyginus , fable 104.— Pro pert i us , bk. 1 , poem 19.――A daughter of Bellerophon, by A chem one the daughter of king Iobates. She had a son by Jupiter, called Sarpedon. She dedicated herself to the service of Diana, and hunted with her; but her haughtine proved fatal to her, and she perished by the arrows of the godde . Homer , Iliad , bks. 6, 12 & 16.――A daughter of Alexander king of Epirus, by Olympia the daughter of Pyrrhus. She was a a inated in the temple of Diana, where she had fled for safety during a sedition. Her murderer, called Milo, soon after turned his dagger against his own breast and killed himself. Justin , bk. 28 , ch. 3 .