Deidamia
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Deidamia may refer to:
  • Deidamia (mythology), from Greek mythology.
  • from Greek mythology, another name for Hippodamia, wife of Pirithous.
  • Deidamia I of Epirus
    Deidamia I of Epirus
    Deidamia was daughter of Aeacides, king of Epirus and his wife Phthia, and sister of Pyrrhus. While yet a girl she was betrothed by her father to Alexander IV, the son of Roxana and Alexander the Great, and having accompanied that prince and Olympias into Macedonia, was besieged in Pydna together...

    , wife of Demetrius Poliorcetes
    Demetrius I of Macedon
    Demetrius I , called Poliorcetes , son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Stratonice, was a king of Macedon...

  • Deidamia II of Epirus
    Deidamia II of Epirus
    Deidamia or Deidameia or Laodamia was a princess, daughter of Pyrrhus II of Epirus, king of Epirus. She had a sister, Nereis, who married Gelo of Syracuse. During a rebellion in Epirus her sister send her 800 mercenaries from Gaul. Part of the Molossians supported her, and with the aid of the...

    , last ruler of the Aeacid dynasty.
  • Deidamia (opera)
    Deidamia (opera)
    Deidamia was George Frideric Handel's last Italian opera. The Italian text was by Paolo Antonio Rolli.-Performance history:The opera was first performed on 10 January 1741 at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London. The opera received only three performances, at a time when the public was becoming...

    , by George Frideric Handel.
  • Deidamia (botanical genus), a genus of plants related to the Passion flowers (Passifloraceae
    Passifloraceae
    Passifloraceae is a family of flowering plants, containing about 530 species classified in around 18 genera. They include trees, shrubs, lianas and climbing plants, and are mostly found in tropical regions....

    ).
  • Deidamia, a former genus of crustaceans, now included in Willemoesia (Polychelidae
    Polychelidae
    The family Polychelidae contains thirty-eight extant species of blind, benthic lobster-like crustaceans. They are found throughout the world's tropical, sub-tropical and temperate oceans, including the Mediterranean Sea and the Irish Sea.-Anatomy:...

    ).
  • Deidamia (moth), a genus of moths in the Sphingidae
    Sphingidae
    Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...

     family, containing the single species Deidamia inscriptum
    Deidamia inscriptum
    The Lettered Sphinx is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is the only member of the Deidamia genus. It is found from Florida to Mississippi, and in Michigan, Wisconsin, Ontario, Quebec and South Carolina....

    .
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