Deidamia (Greek myth)

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

• Deidamia, daughter of King Perieres of Messenia and the mother of Iphiclus, Althaea and Leda by King Thestius of Pleuron.[1]
• Deidamia of Scyros, a princess and daughter of King Lycomedes. She was the lover of Achilles and by him the mother of Neoptolemus.[2]
• 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.[3] Under the name of Hippodamia[4] or Laodamia[5] she also said to coupled with either Zeus or Xanthus[6] to bore Sarpedon.
• Deidamia, other name of Hippodamia, the bride of Pirithous who was abducted by the Centaurs.[7]