en Philodice (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Philodice or Philodike (Ancient Greek: Φιλοδίκη) was the name of the following figures:

Philodice, an Argive naiad, daughter of Inachus, river-king of Argos.^[1] She was the wife of Leucippus of Messenia by whom she became the mother of Hilaeira and Phoebe,^[2] and possibly Arsinoe. Philodice was considered the sister of Phoroneus, Io and Aegialeus.^[1]
Philodice, also Phylodice (Φυλοδίκη), wife of Magnes, king of Macedonia and mother of his sons, Eurynomus and Eioneus.^[3] Otherwise the wife of Magnes was called Meliboea by Eustathius.^[4]

Notes

^ ^a ^b William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology s.v. Philodice. London. John Murray (1848).
^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 511.
^ Scholia ad Euripides, Phoenissae 1760
^ Eustathius ad Homer, p. 338

References

Tzetzes, John, Lycophronis Alexandra. Vol. II: Scholia Continens, edited by Eduard Scheer, Berlin, Weidmann, 1881. Internet Archive.

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[:0-1] William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology s.v. Philodice. London. John Murray (1848).

[2] Tzetzes on Lycophron, 511.

[3] Scholia ad Euripides, Phoenissae 1760

[4] Eustathius ad Homer, p. 338

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