Laodice

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[lay-od-uh-see] / leɪˈɒd əˌsi /

noun

1. (in theIliad ) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.

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Laodice

A much more facile versifier than his brother, he produced a large number of plays, of which Camma, Laodice, Ariane, Le Comte d'Essex, have considerable merit.

From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury

In the course of their wars Laodice retired from Ephesus on finding that Sophron, the governor of the city, secretly trafficked with the party of Berenice.

From King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? by Gordon Bottomley

But he has three daughters in his well-built palace,--Chrysothemis, Laodice, and Iphianassa.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Theodore Alois Buckley

Now, I have three daughters in my well-built palace,--Chrysothemis, Laodice, and Iphianassa.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Theodore Alois Buckley

They stood within a few paces of Laodice and she heard the soldier address the man as John, and heard him deliver a report of the day.

From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Frank X. Leyendecker

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