Laodice II
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Laodice (in Greek Λαοδικη; lived in the 3rd century BC), wife of Seleucus II Callinicus, was, according to the express statement of Polybius1, a sister of Andromachus, the father of Achaeus. She was the mother of Seleucus III Ceraunus and Antiochus III the Great. As her nephew, her father also was called Achaeus.
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- Polybius, Histories, Evelyn S. Shuckburgh (translator), London - New York, (1889)
- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Laodice (4)", Boston, (1867)
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1 Polybius, iv. 51, viii. 22
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867).
