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Lamia| In Greek mythology, queen of the Laestrygones in Libya. She was loved by Zeus whose jealous wife, Hera, robbed Lamia of her children. In revenge Lamia seized and killed every child she could find. |
| In later Greek legend Lamia became a cannibalistic monster with the head and breasts of a woman and body of a snake. |
| In Roman mythology, the lamiae were vampires in the form of beautiful women who enticed young men into their arms and fed on their blood. |
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| Reader Lamia could be in high school herself, with all the meaningful sighs and pauses that teenagers include in normal conversation. Next to take the podium was Lamia Matta, legal adviser to the PLO Negotiation Affairs Department, who discussed Israel's disastrous disengagement in Gaza and the West Bank. Conversely, the internal validity of internet research may be threatened if participants feel less pressure to complete surveys (Frick, Bachtiger, & Reips, 2001), resulting in high "hit" to completion rates (Birnbaum & Mellers, 1989; Ross, Danebeck, Mansson, Tikkanen, & Cooper, 2003) or early abandonment (Crawford, Couper, & Lamias, 2001). |