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.
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