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  [ley-ok-oh-on] /leɪˈɒk oʊˌɒn/ noun 1. Classical Mythology. a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan Horse, and who, with his two sons, was killed by two huge serpents sent by Athena or Apollo. 2. (italics) a late 2nd-century b.c. representation in marble of Laocoön and his sons struggling with the […]

• Laodamas

  [ley-od-uh-muh s] /leɪˈɒd ə məs/ noun, Classical Mythology. 1. a son of Eteocles who defended Thebes against the Epigoni, killed Aegialeus, and was killed by Alcmaeon. 2. (in the Odyssey) the son of Alcinous who, not recognizing Odysseus, challenged him to athletic contests when Odysseus landed in Phaeacia.

• Laodamia

  [ley-od-uh-mahy-uh] /leɪˌɒd əˈmaɪ ə/ noun, Classical Mythology. 1. a daughter of Acastus who committed suicide so that she could join her husband, Protesilaus, in the underworld. 2. (in the Iliad) the mother, by Zeus, of Sarpedon.

• Laodice

  [ley-od-uh-see] /leɪˈɒd əˌsi/ noun 1. (in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.

• Laodicea

  [ley-od-uh-see-uh, ley-uh-duh-] /leɪˌɒd əˈsi ə, ˌleɪ ə də-/ noun 1. ancient name of . /ˌleɪəʊdɪˈsɪə/ noun 1. the ancient name of several Greek cities in W Asia, notably of Latakia The city of this name mentioned in Scripture lay on the confines of Phrygia and Lydia, about 40 miles east of Ephesus (Rev. 3:14), on […]

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