Laodice (Greek myth) explained

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]
• 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.^[7]
• Laodice, alternate name for Iphthime, daughter of Icarius of Sparta and Asterodia, daughter of Eurypylus. She was the sister of Polymelos, Damasiclus (Amasiclus) and Penelope.^[8] Laodice was also called Laodamia, Mede and Hypsipyle.^[9]
• Laodice, daughter of Iphis and mother of Capaneus.^[10]
• Laodice, a golden-haired lover of Poseidon.^[11]

Notes

1. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]
2. [Clement of Alexandria]
3. [Scholia]
4. Homer, Iliad 3.123
5. Homer, Iliad 9.142 ff.
6. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
7. Pausanias, 8.5.3 & 8.53.7
8. [Scholia]
9. Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 4.797
10. Scholia ad Euripides, Phoenissae 180; ad Pindar, Nemean Ode 9.30
11. [Ovid]

References

• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• 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.