In Greek mythology, Laodice (/leɪˈɒdəˌsi/, [la.odíkɛː]; ) may refer to the following figures:
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.Clement of Alexandria, Exhortations 3.4 Laodice, daughter of Aloeus, wife of Aeolus and mother of Salmoneus and Cretheus.Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 11.235 Laodice, daughter of King Priam and a princess of TroyHomer, Iliad 3.123 Laodice, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, sometimes conflated with Electra.Homer, Iliad 9.142 ff. 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.Apollodorus, 3.9.1 & 3.14.3; Pausanias, 2.26.6 & 8.4.4 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.Pausanias, 8.5.3 & 8.53.7 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.Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 1.275 & 277 Laodice was also called Laodamia, Mede and Hypsipyle.Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 4.797 Laodice, daughter of Iphis and mother of Capaneus.Scholia ad Euripides, Phoenissae 180; ad Pindar, Nemean Ode 9.30 Laodice, a golden-haired lover of Poseidon.Ovid, Heroides 19.135
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