Deidamia (Greek myth)
In Greek mythology, Deidamia was the name referring to the following women:
- Deidamia, daughter of King Perieres of Messenia and the mother of Iphiclus, Althaea and Leda by King Thestius of Pleuron.
- Deidamia of Scyros, a princess and daughter of King Lycomedes. She was the lover of Achilles and by him the mother of Neoptolemus.
- Deidamia, daughter of the hero Bellerophon and Philonoe, daughter of the Lycian king, Iobates. She married King Evander of Lycia, son of the elder Sarpedon, and had by him a son, the younger Sarpedon, who was identified with the Sarpedon that fought at Troy. Under the name of Hippodamia or Laodamia she also said to coupled with either Zeus or Xanthus to bore Sarpedon.
- Deidamia, other name of Hippodamia, the bride of Pirithous who was abducted by the Centaurs.
