Labda (mythology)

According to Herodotus, Labda (Greek: Λάβδα) was a daughter of the Bacchiad Amphion, and mother of Cypselus, by Eetion.^[1] Her name was derived from the fact of her feet being turned outward, and thus resembling the letter lambda (Λ),^[2] which, by the accounts of the most ancient Greek grammarians, was originally pronounced labda [labda].

References

"Labda." Leonhard Schmitz. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. William Smith, editor (1870).

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.