- Laodice III
Laodice (in Greek Λαοδικη), wife of
Antiochus III the Great , was a daughter of Mithridates II, king ofPontus , and of Laodice, daughter ofAntiochus II . She was married to Antiochus III soon after his accession, about222 BC , and proclaimed queen by him atAntioch before he set out on his expedition againstMolon . The birth of her eldest son, Antiochus, took place during the absence of the king on that expedition.rf|1|poly_5.43 She was the mother of four other sons, and four daughters one of which was Cleopatra I of Egypt.References
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Polybius , " [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Plb.+1.1 Histories] ", Evelyn S. Shuckburgh (translator), London - New York, (1889)
*Smith, William (editor); "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology ", [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1827.html "Laodice (4)"] ,Boston , (1867) (link no longer active)Note
ent|1|poly_5.43 Polybius, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234;query=chapter%3D%23406;layout=;loc=5.42 v. 43]
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