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