Laodike (wife of Antiochus III.)
Laodike († after 177 BC) was a daughter of Mithridates II of Pontus and Laodike , the daughter of Antiochus II. She married 222 BC. Her cousin, the Seleucid king Antiochus III. in Seleukeia on the Zeugma, where she had been brought by the Nauarch Diognetus. After the splendid wedding ceremony, she traveled with her husband to Antioch on the Orontes , where he was appointed queen before he went to war against the usurper Molon .
She became the mother of three sons ( Antiochus , who died as the eldest son in 193 BC, Seleukos IV. , Antiochus IV. ) And of four or five daughters (including Cleopatra I and Antiochis ). In the Seleucid cult, Laodike was given the honorary title of "sister queen" in 205 BC. Enclosed by her husband; this was linked to their veneration by eponymous "archpriestesses" in all satrapies. An inscription from Iasos describes Laodike as the wife of the "great king Antiochus" and mother of several children. The Delierbuilt by the royal couple around 194 BC A statue. Antiochus III. married in 191 BC For the second time; it is not known what position Laodike assumed afterwards. For the year 177/176 an "archpriestess" can be proven who supervised the cult for Laodike and her daughter Laodike in Seleukeia on Eulaios (Susa) .
literature
- Felix Stähelin : Laodike 16). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XII, 1, Stuttgart 1924, Col. 705 f.
- Laodike [II 6]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 6, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01476-2 , Sp. 1129.
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| SURNAME | Laodike |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Wife of Antiochus III. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC Chr. |