[48] κρείουσα (here only) evidently implies that Laothoe was a real wife and not in any subordinate position. Thus we have a genuine case of polygamy, but among the Trojans only; nothing of the sort is even hinted at among the Homeric Greeks. This is one of the few hints of a recognised difference of custom dividing the two nations.
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