In Homer's Odyssey, Laodamas is the dearest son of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Scheria — brother of Nausicaa, Halius, and Clytoneus. Fairest of the Phaeacians and their best boxer, he yields his seat beside his father to Odysseus and invites the stranger into the games, then dances with Halius in the display that crowns the feast.
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I.Prince of Scheria
Alcinous seats Odysseus in the chair from which he has just bidden valiant Laodamas rise — the son who sat next him and was dearest. In the games Laodamas excels at boxing; he and his brothers also win the footrace. When Euryalus insults Odysseus, the hero will challenge any Phaeacian except Laodamas, the host's son who invited him to compete.
Laodamas and Halius are the finest dancers among the Phaeacians; their performance with the ball delights Odysseus before the gifts and the convoy home.
II.Homonyms
Other Laodamantes include the Theban son of Eteocles who fights the Epigoni, a Trojan son of Antenor slain by Ajax, a Lycian killed by Neoptolemus, and — in Dictys — a son of Hector spared beside Andromache. The atlas id laodamas-phaeacian is reserved for Alcinous' Phaeacian prince.