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 (Φυλοδίκης), 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 ad Lycophron, 511
^ Scholia ad Euripides, Phoenissae 1760
^ Eustathius ad Homer, p. 338

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