Leanira
In Greek mythology, Leanira or Leaneira (Ancient Greek: Λεανείρας), also known as Laodamia[1], was a Spartan princess who later became an Arcadian queen.
| Leanira | |
|---|---|
Queen of Arcadia | |
| Member of the Spartan and Arcadian Royal Family | |
| Other names | Laodamia |
| Abode | Sparta later Arcadia |
| Personal information | |
| Parents | Amyclas and Diomede |
| Siblings | Argalus, Cynortas, Hyacinthus, Harpalus, Hegesandre and ?Polyboea half-sister by Amyclas: ?Daphne |
| Consort | Arcas |
| Children | Elatus, Apheidas, Azan and Triphylus |
Mythology
Leanira was the daughter King Amyclas[2] and possibly Diomede, daughter of Lapithes. Through this parentage, she was considered the sister of Argalus,[3] Cynortes,[4] Hyacinthus,[5] Harpalus,[6] Hegesandra,[7] Polyboea,[8] and in other versions, of Daphne.[9]
Later on, Leaneira married King Arcas, son of Callisto and Zeus. The couple had children including Elatus, Apheidas,[2] Azan[10][11] and Triphylus[12]. The former two sons divided Arcadia after the demise of their father.
Notes
- Pausanias, 10.9.5
- Apollodorus, 3.9.1
- Pausanias, 3.1.3
- Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
- Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
- Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
- Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132
- Pausanias, 3.19.4
- Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15
- Scholion on Euripides, Orestes 1646
- Fowler, Robert L. (2013). Early Greek Mythography: Volume II Commentary. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1.
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References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Fowler, Robert L., Early Greek Mythography. Volume 2: Commentary. Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-814741-1
- Parthenius, Love Romances translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Parthenius, Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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