Deidamia (Greek myth)

In Greek mythology, Deidamia (/ˌdeɪdəˈmaɪə/; Greek: Δηϊδάμεια, Deidameia) was the name referring to the following women:

• Deidamia, a Scyrian princess and daughter of King Lycomedes. She was the lover of Achilles and by him the mother of Neoptolemus.^[1]
• Deidamia, daughter of the hero Bellerophon and Philonoe, daughter of the Lycian king, Iobates. She married King Evander of Lycia (son of the elder Sarpedon) and had by him a son, the younger Sarpedon who was identified with the Sarpedon that fought at Troy.^[2] Under the name of Hippodamia^[3] or Laodamia^[4] she also said to coupled with either Zeus or Xanthus^[5] to bore Sarpedon.
• Deidamia, other name of Hippodamia, the bride of Pirithous who was abducted by the Centaurs.^[6]

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