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Laodice

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

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

Queen Laodice reclines on a great divan set toward the left centre of the chamber.

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

"Laodice and Danaë" is equally good reading, and it is dramatic.

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

And with these that same afternoon Laodice and her old servant came into Jerusalem.

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

Laodice got upon her feet in her agitation and raised her veil to stare at this slander.

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

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