Laodamas
(Λαοδάμας).
1. A son of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians, and Arete, was the favourite of his father. (Hom. Od. 7.170, 8.116, &c., 130, 370.)
2. A son of Antenor, was slain at Troy by the Telamonian Ajax. (Hom. Il 15.516.)
3. A son of Eteocles, and kin- of Thebes: in his youth he had been under the guardianship of Creon. (Paus. 1.39.2.) It was in his reign that the Epigoni marched against Thebes. Laodamas offered them a battle on the river Glisas, and slew their leader Aegialeus, but he himself was killed by Alcmaeon. (Apollod. 3.7.3.) Others related, that after the battle was lost, Laodamas fled in the night with the remnant of his army, and took refuge in the territory of the Encheleans in Illyricum. (Paus. 9.5.7; Hdt. 5.61.) [L.S]
(Λαοδάμας). (1) The son of Alcinoüs, king of the Phaeacians, and Areté.
(2) The son of Eteocles, and king of Thebes, in whose reign the Epigoni marched against Thebes. In the battle against the Epigoni he slew their leader Aegialeus, but was himself slain by Alcmaeon. Others related that after the battle was lost Laodamas fled to the Encheleans in Illyricum (Herod.v. 61).
- Hdt. 4.152
- with Darius' Scythian expedition: Hdt. 4.138
- king of Thebes: Hdt. 5.61; Paus. 1.39.2, Paus. 9.5.13
- leader of the Thebans against the Epigoni, killed by Alcmaeon: Apollod. 3.7.2, Apollod. 3.7.3
- being defeated by Argives, departs to Illyria: Paus. 9.5.13, Paus. 9.8.6, Paus. 9.9.5