Definition of: Laodamia

(lā·od′ə·mī′ə)
In the Iliad, the wife of Protesilaus, the first Greek killed at Troy, who died from grief at his loss, after persuading the gods to grant him three more hours of life in which to be with her. Also La·o·da·mei·a (lā′ə·də·mī′ə).