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Laodamia

In Greek mythology, Laodamia referred to two different women.

The mother of Sarpedon by Zeus, Laodamia was a daughter of Bellerophon.
Wife of Protesilaus and daughter of Acastus and Astydameia. When her husband died during the Trojan War, she killed herself in grief.

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