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]
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 145, n. Phoroneus & Cinna (ed. Scheffero)
- ^ Clement of Alexandria, Exhortations 3.4
- ^ Scholia ad 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 ad Homer, Odyssey 1.275 & 277
- ^ Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 4.797
- ^ Scholia ad Euripides, Phoenissae 180; ad Pindar, Nemean Ode 9.30
- ^ Ovid, Heroides 19.135