Laodice (Greek myth)

In Greek mythology, Laodice (/leɪˈɒdəˌsi/; Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκη, [la.odíkɛː]; "people-justice") may refer to the following figures:

• Laodice, daughter of Priam and a princess of Troy^[1]
• Laodice, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, sometimes conflated with Electra.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• Laodice, the nymph-consort of Phoroneus and possible mother of his children.^[4]
• 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.^[5]
• Laodice, daughter 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.^[6][7]
• Laodice, daughter of Aloeus, wife of Aeolus and mother of Salmoneus and Cretheus.^[8]
• Laodice, alternate name for Iphthime, daughter of Icarius.^[9]
• Laodice, daughter of Iphis and mother of Capaneus.^[10]
• Laodice, a golden-haired lover of Poseidon.^[11]

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