Laodicus Explained

In Greek mythology, Laodicus (Ancient Greek: Λαόδικος means 'tried by the people') may refer to the following figures:

• Laodicus, father of Theognete, one of the possible mothers of Jason by Aeson.^[1]
• Laodicus, father of Europe who was one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur.^[2]
• Laodicus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers.^[3] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the assistance of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.^[4]

Notes

1. [Scholia]
2. [Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]
3. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
4. Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Maurus Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii; recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.