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.Hesiod, Ehoiai . 26.7 Laothoe or Antianeira,Argonautica Orphica 127 ff. daughter of Menetus (Meretus), mother of the Argonauts Erytus (Eurytus) and Echion by Hermes.Argonautica Orphica 135 Laothoe, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and MegamedeApollodorus, 2.4.10; Tzetzes, Chiliades 2.222 or by one of his many wives.Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.2 When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion,Apollodorus, 2.4.9 Laothoe with her other sisters, except for one,Pausanias, 9.27.6; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3, f.n. 51 all laid with the hero in a night,Pausanias, 9.27.6–7; Gregorius Nazianzenus, Orat. IV, Contra Julianum I (Migne S. Gr. 35.661) a weekAthenaeus, 13.4 with Herodorus as the authority; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3, f.n. 51 or for 50 daysApollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3; Tzetzes, Chiliades 2.224 as what their father strongly desired it to be.Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3 Laothoe bore Heracles a son, Antiphus.Apollodorus, 2.7.8 Laothoe, mother of Thestor by Idmon.Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.139 Laothoe, a consort of Priam, king of Troy, and mother of Lycaon and sometimes Polydorus. Her father was Altes, king of the Leleges.Homer, Iliad 21.85 & 22.48 Laothoe, wife of the Trojan elder Clytius.Tzetzes, Homerica 437 ff.
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