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In Episode 3 of More Queer Nymphs, Clare M Coombe explores the myth of Lamia, looking at motherhood and monstrosity, women’s identity, female sexuality, and vampirism. Lamia, whose children, born to Zeus, are stolen by Hera, suffers terrible grief, and, in her powerlessness, becomes a child-killer herself. Later she will be identified with women who seduce young men and drink their blood. Oh, and she can remove her own eyes at will…