Laothoe

For the moth genus, see Laothoe (moth).

In Greek mythology, Laothoe (Ancient Greek: Λαοθόη) can refer to the following women:

• Laothoe, consort of King Porthaon of Calydon and mother of Sterope, Stratonice and Eurythemiste.^[1]
• Laothoe or Antianeira,^[2] daughter of Menetus (Meretus), mother of the Argonauts Erytus (Eurytus) and Echion by Hermes.^[3]
• Laothoe, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede^[4] or by one of his many wives.^[5] When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion,^[6] Laothoe with her other sisters, except for one,^[7] all laid with the hero in a night,^[8] a week^[9] or for 50 days^[10] as what their father strongly desired it to be.^[11] Laothoe bore Heracles a son, Antiphus.^[12]
• Laothoe, mother of Thestor by Idmon.^[13]
• Laothoe, a consort of Priam, king of Troy, and mother of Lycaon and sometimes Polydorus. Her father was Altes, king of the Leleges.^[14]
• Laothoe, wife of the Trojan elder Clytius.^[15]