Laodice (Greek myth)
In Greek mythology, Laodice (/leɪˈɒdəˌsi/; Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκη, [la.odíkɛː]; "people-justice") may refer to the following figures:
- Laodice, the nymph-consort of Phoroneus and possible mother of his children.[1]
- Laodice, one of the Hyperborean maidens. Together with her sister, Hyperoche, Laodice was buried after her death on the temple grounds of Apollo , where their grave was worshiped by the residents.[2]
- Laodice, daughter of Aloeus, wife of Aeolus and mother of Salmoneus and Cretheus.[3]
- Laodice, daughter of King Priam and a princess of Troy[4]
- Laodice, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, sometimes conflated with Electra.[5]
- Laodice, daughter of King Cinyras of Cyprus and Metharme. She was the wife of Elatus and by him mother of Stymphalus and Pereus, and possibly of Ischys, Cyllen and Aepytus too.[6][7]
- Laodice, descendant of Agapenor, who was known for having sent to Tegea a robe as a gift to Athena Alea, and to have built a temple of Aphrodite Paphia in Tegea.[8]
- Laodice or Laodamia, alternate name for
- Laodice, daughter of Iphis and mother of Capaneus.[10]
- Laodice, a golden-haired lover of Poseidon.[11]
Notes
- Tzetzes on Lycophron, 177
- ^ Clement, Refresher 3.4
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 11.235
- ^ Homer, Iliad 3.123
- ^ Homer, Iliad 9.142 ff.
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.9.1 & 3.14.3
- ^ Pausanias, 2.26.6 & 8.4.4
- ^ Pausanias, 8.5.3 & 8.53.7
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 1.275-277 & 4.797
- Phoenician Women 189; on Pindar, Nemean Ode 9.30
- ^ Ovid, Heroides 19.119-150
References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Markx121993/sandbox?action=edit
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. .
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, The Epistles of Ovid. London. J. Nunn, Great-Queen-Street; R. Priestly, 143, High-Holborn; R. Lea, Greek-Street, Soho; and J. Rodwell, New-Bond-Street. 1813. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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