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  Laodice
Laodice of Macedonia was the mother of Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid dynasty.
Laodice of Pontus, her sister, was another daughter of Mithridates II king of Pontus and the wife of Achaeus, a Seleucid general.
Laodice of Cappadocia was the wife of Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia
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  Laodice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laodice of Macedonia was the mother of Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid dynasty.
Laodice of Pontus, her sister, was another daughter of Mithridates II king of Pontus and the wife of Achaeus, a Seleucid general.
Laodice of Cappadocia was the wife of Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia
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 Laodice of Pontus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laodice (in Greek Λαοδικη; lived in the 3rd century BC), wife of Achaeus, she was daughter of Mithridates II king of Pontus and sister of Antiochus III's wife, also called Laodice.
When Achaeus fell into the power of Antiochus (213 BC), Laodice was left in possession of the citadel of Sardis, in which she held out for a time, but was quickly compelled by the dissensions among her own troops to surrender to Antiochus.
Polybius incidentally mentions that this princess was brought up before her marriage at Selge, in Pisidia (today part of Turkey), under the care of Logbasis, a citizen of that place.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 718 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Antiochus complied for a time, but as soon as he heard of the death of Ptolemy he hastened to recal Laodice and her children.
The latter, however, either mis­trusting her husband's constancy, and apprehensive of a second change, or in revenge for the slight already put upon her, took an early opportunity to put an end to his life by poison (b.
10.) Besides these two sons, Laodice had two daughters, one of whom was married to Mithri-dates IY., king of Pontus, the other to Ariarathes, king of Cappadocia.
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 Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 225
Laodice (?) married Seleucus II Callinicus, son of Antiochus II Theos and Laodice (?).
Mithradates I Kallinikos married Laodice Thea Philadelphos, daughter of Antiochus VIII Philometor Grypus "Hook-Nose" and Tryphaena (?).
Isias Philostorgos married Antiochus I Theos, son of Mithradates I Kallinikos and Laodice Thea Philadelphos.
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 Daniel 11 GOD OF JEWISH DESTINY
This lady who knew the variable disposition and inconstancy of Antiochus, and was apprehensive that the same levity of mind would induce him to supplant her, by receiving Bernice again, resolved to improve the present opportunity to secure the crown for her son.
For, by the late treaty with Ptolemy, her children were to be disinherited, and the crown to be settled on the children which Bernice should bear unto him and she already had one son by him.
But she being circumvented by the fraud of those who, by the appointment of Laodice, did there besiege her, first her son, and afterward she herself, were villainously slain, with all the Egyptian attendants that came with him.
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 Business Software Review : Article 'Laodice'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
An alternate name for Electra Mother of Niobe Fairest daughter of Priam of Troy and Hecuba, wife of Helicaon, the son of Antenor; she is elsewhere called the wife of Telephus, king of Mysia and son of Heracles 1.
Laodice I Queen of Syria is the daughter of Dght of Alexander III Princess of Syria, she is the mother of Laodice I Princess of Syria/ Laodice I became the queen of syria after her mothers death.
Laodice III Princess of Pontus was the wife of Antiochus III and is presumed to be the mother of Cleopatra I Princess of Syria.
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 The City of Delight - Elizabeth Miller
Laodice, raised to an upright attitude in her fresh fright, saw that his face was fl and twisted and that he wavered stiffly in his saddle.
Laodice resented her preservation; old Momus, aside from the wound of personal loss sore in his heart, was stricken with the realization of the grief of his young mistress, which he could not help.
Laodice refused to raise her head to listen to them and they turned to the old man. But by signs, he showed them that his tongue was dead, and finally, with suppressed remarks upon the exceeding misfortune of the pair, they, too, disappeared.
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 Laodice, the most beautiful daughter of Priam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Laodice is described as the fairest of Priam's daughters.
Laodice seems to be older than Helen and yet she is more beautiful than Cassandra, who might be eighteen at the same time.
Laodice feared she might become one of the captive women and she prayed to the gods.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 719 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
She is first mentioned as being taken to Rome by Heracleides, when lie determined to set up the claim of the im­postor Alexander Balas against Demetrius Soter, who at that time occupied the throne of Syria.
In the decree of the senate in their favour Laodice is associated with her supposed brother Alexander, and it is probable that she was proclaimed queen together with him after the defeat of Demetrius.
Wife of Ariarathes V., king of Cappadocia, by whom she had six sons, all of^whom, except the youngest, she successively put to death, in order that she herself might continue to exercise the su­preme power in their name without interference.
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 Laodice I
Laodice I was the first wife, and likely the cousin, of Antiochus II Theos of the Seleucid dynasty.
According to Eusebius, Laodice I was a daughter of Achaeus, probably the same as the father of Antiochis, who was mother of Attalus I, king of Pergamus.
Berenice's son was less than four years old; Laodice's eldest son rose in rebellion, in the Laodicean War; Laodice is said to have raised troops in Anatolia for this war.
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 Libri.de - Elizabeth Miller: The City of Delight
So by the time the house servants of the merchant were made aware of their peril by the death of one of their own number, Philip of Tyre with the courage of affection and loyalty stood on the threshold of the guest-chamber informed of the situation and prepared to help.
Keturah, Laodice's handmaiden, had fainted with terror and was carried parcel-wise over the great arm of Momus, the mute, out into the street and deposited summarily on the floor of Laodice's bamboo howdah.
Laodice understood the tender deception and when a sharp turn of the street cut off the sight of the plumy trees of the garden, she covered her face and wept inconsolably.
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 Laodice V
Laodice V (†150): Seleucid princess, wife of the Macedonian king Perseus.
The king of Pergamon, Eumenes II Soter, becomes suspicious of the alliance between the Seleucid and Macedonian kings, and tells Rome; this one of the pretexts of the Third Macedonian War.
Laodice's brother Demetrius I Soter offers his sister to king Ariarathes V Philopator of Cappadocia, who declines.
www.livius.org /la-ld/laodice/laodice_v.html   (151 words)

  
 Macedonia
Of the several cities named Laodicea in Syria and Asia Minor, only one is mentioned in the Scriptures, namely, the one situated in the confines of Phrygia and Lydia, on the banks of the Lycus, and about ninety miles E of Ephesus-not far from Colossae.
After having been successively called Diosopolis and Rhoas, it was named Laodicea in honor of Laodice, the wife of Antiochus II (261-246 B.C.), who rebuilt it.
Founded by the SELEUCIDS and named for Laodice, the wife of Antiochus II (261-247 B.C.), Laodicea became extremely wealthy during the Roman period.
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 "Laodice"
"Laodice" (mid-third century BCE): Seleucid princess, wife of king Mithridates II of Pontus.
In 245, Laodice I and her son Seleucus II Callinicus were involved in the Laodicean War (or Third Syrian War).
This woman and Mithidates had at least two daughters named Laodice; hence, it has been assumed that the Seleucid princess who was their mother, was also called Laodice.
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 Laodice Sources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Hector, Paris, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, sons, and Creusa, Laodice, Polyxena, Cassandra, daughters, of Priam by Hecuba;
Helicaon, son of Antenor, married Laodice, daughter of Priam;
Nineteen had the same mother, and the rest were born to other women in the palace;
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 Laodice: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In Greek mythology (Greek mythology: The mythology of the ancient Greeks), the name Laodice referred to three different people.
An alternate name for Electra (Electra: (Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus))
Laodice is also the name of the wife of Ariarathes VI, king of Cappadocia (Cappadocia: An ancient country is eastern Asia Minor).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/laodice   (215 words)

  
 Justinus: Epitome of Pompeius Trogus' histories
For Laodice, out of six children, all boys, whom she had by king Ariarathes (fearing that, when some of them were grown up, she would not long enjoy the administration of the kingdom), killed five by poison;
He then returned into his country, when they had begun to suppose that he was dead, and found an infant son born to him, of whom his wife Laodice, who was also his sister, had been delivered in his absence.
He sent his wife Laodice, also, to Rome, to testify that her husband had three children born to him.
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 CHAPTER 11 - PAGE 2 - CAUGHT BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH
He divorced his wife Laodice in order to marry Bernice.
Laodice was still angry about the way she had been treated.
He invaded Syria to avenge his sister's death by executing Laodice.
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 SOME PAGAN KINGS AND A SOVEREIGN GOD - Part 2
She was the one who's dad, Ptolemy II, had taken to the king of Syria for his alliance with the king of the north.
As an act of vindication for being replaced by another more desired woman, Laodice plotted the deaths of her husband, his Egyptian queen, her child and her Egyptian escort.
What made these horrendous acts of violence so amazing is the fact that even before these people were born of their mothers God had predicted all of this down to the minute detail.
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 Index of names: La
246/29a he children of Antiochus and Laodice, attend a ceremony in Babylon.
221/5_ Antiochus marries Laodice, the daughter of Mithridates of Pontus.
195/14 Austin_156, a letter from Laodice to the city of Iasus in Caria.
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 Cleopatra I
While her birthdate is unknown, Cleopatra will certainly have been a legitimate daughter, so we can bound her birthdate by looking at her relative position amongst her siblings.
Spring/Summer 222: Revolt of Molon, marriage of Antiochus III and Laodice (Polybius 5.43).
From the relative status of these marriages we can infer that Laodice was most likely the eldest and Cleopatra most likely the second daughter.
www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk /Egypt/ptolemies/cleopatra_i.htm   (2270 words)

  
 SermonCentral.com: When History and Prophecy Meet by David Dykes
Of course, this made Laodice angry (hell hath no fury like a woman scorned).
However, Laodice was carrying a mighty grudge toward her husband, because he ditched her for the younger Berenice.
Soon after their remarriage, Laodice poisoned Antiochus and then killed Berenice, her child, and her entourage.
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 Laodice IV
Laodice IV Laodice IV: Seleucid queen, wife of Seleucus IV Philopator and Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
187: Death of Laodice's father Antiochus III the Great; he is succeeded by her brother and husband Seleucus IV Philopator
164: Death of Antiochus IV; he is succeeded by his son Antiochus V Eupator, son of Laodice IV This page was prepared to offer background information to the real articles on Livius.Org.
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 ~*Antiochus III 'Megas' "King" of Syria/~*Laodice III Pontus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Name: ~*Seleucus IV 'Philopator' "King" of Syria Born: at: abt 222 BC 87-41,025 Married: at: Died: at: abt 175 BC Spouses: ~*Laodice VI of Syria
Name: Antiochus IV 'Epiphanes' of Syria Born: at: Married: at: Died: at: Spouses: ~*Laodice VI of Syria
Name: ~*Laodice VI of Syria Born: at: 87-41,026 Married: at: Died: at: Spouses: ~*Seleucus IV 'Philopator' "King" of Syria Antiochus IV 'Epiphanes' of Syria
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 700000 people connected with European Royalty
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 LAODICE Articles In Greek mythology, the name Laodic
In Greek mythology, the name Laodice referred to different people.
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 Argynnis laodice
Then we came across a rubbish dump with unkempt rough flowery ground.
Hey presto - Argynnis laodice on a thistle by the car.
Our habitat was more open scrubby meadows, less emphasis on woodland and damp.
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