Laodice of Macedonia
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Laodice (in Greek Λαοδικη) was wife of Antiochus, a general of distinction in the service of Philip II of Macedon, and mother of Seleucus, the founder of the Seleucid Empire. It was pretended, in consequence of a dream which she had, that Apollo was the real father of her child.1 No less than five cities were founded by Seleucus in different parts of his dominions, which bore in her honour the name of Laodicea.2
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- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Laodice (4)", Boston, (1867)
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2 Appian, Foreign Wars, "The Syrian Wars", 57
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867).
