LADOMYA, LAODOMYA, LAUDOMIA. Laodomia was the wife of Protesilaus, who was killed when the Greeks landed at Troy, even before the main battles began (Iliad II.695-699). Laodomia killed herself when he did not return (Heroides XIII). Jerome mentions her among faithful wives, Epistola adversus Jovinianum (Letter Against Jovinian) I.45 (PL 23: 275).
The Man of Law lists a story of Ladomya among Chaucer's works, MLI 71, but no story exists. Dorigen thinks Ladomya is exemplary of wifely virtue, FranklT 1445; Laudomia appears in the catalogue of love's martyrs, LGW F 263, LGW G 217. [Dorigen: Protheselaus]
The forms appear to be scribal variants, all with four syllables. Ladomya occurs in final rhyming position, MLI 71; Laodomya appears in medial position, FranklT 1445; and Laudomia occurs medially, LGW F 263, LGW G 217.