In Greek mythology, Leanira or Leaneira (Ancient Greek: Λεανείρας), also known as Laodamia[1], was a Spartan princess who later became an Arcadian queen.

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. According to the mythographer Apollodorus, the couple had two children, Elatus and Apheidas.[2] A scholion on Euripides' Orestes adds Azan to this list,[10] while the geographer Pausanias also mentions Triphylus as their child.[11] The former two sons divided Arcadia after the demise of their father.

Notes

  1. ^ Pausanias, 10.9.5
  2. ^ a b Apollodorus, 3.9.1
  3. ^ Pausanias, 3.1.3
  4. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.5 & 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.13.1
  5. ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3; Pausanias, 3.1.3
  6. ^ Pausanias, 7.18.5 (Achaica)
  7. ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.10; Pherecydes, fr. 132
  8. ^ Pausanias, 3.19.4
  9. ^ Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 15
  10. ^ Fowler, p. 107; Scholia on Euripides' Orestes, 1646.
  11. ^ Pausanias, 10.9.5.

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