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6 unusual facts about Laodice


Anna Girò

She made her debut at Treviso in the fall of 1723, and in 1724 debuted on stage in Venice, performing Laodice by Tomaso Albinoni.

Laodice I

Laodice I bore her husband two sons: Seleucus II Callinicus, Antiochus Hierax and three daughters: Apama, Stratonice of Cappadocia and Laodice.

Pammon

Apollodorus says that Priam had nine sons and four daughters by Hecuba, the sons being Hector, Paris, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and the daughters Creusa, Laodice, Polyxena, and the prophetess Cassandra.

Pharnaces I of Pontus

He was the son of King Mithridates III of Pontus and his wife Laodice, whom he succeeded on the throne.

Telephus

Myth provides explanations for this confrontation in assuming that their king Telephus was married to Laodice, the daughter of King Priam.

However he declined their offer, claiming that he was the son-in-law of King Priam through his wife Laodice.


Mithridates I Callinicus

Laodice bore Mithridates a son, Antiochus I Theos of Commagene (c. 86 BC–38 BC), a prince and future king of Commagene.

Seleucus II Callinicus

However, Antiochus Hierax, a younger brother of Seleucus, was set up as a rival in Asia Minor against Seleucus by a party to which Laodice herself adhered.

Tryphaena

Tryphaena also bore her husband a daughter called Laodice, who became the wife of Mithridates I Callinicus.


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