Archidice
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Archidicê · their sister · this sister
in the texts
Against Leochares
Sister of Meidylides, Archippus, and Archiades, married to Leostratus of Eleusis.
After the death of their father the brothers gave Archidicê in marriage to Leostratus of Eleusis;
and after a time from this sister of theirs, thus given in marriage, there was born Leocrates, the Iather of the defendant Leostratus;
The Histories
A courtesan celebrated in song across Greece, mentioned as less famous than Rhodopis.
The courtesans of Naucratis seem to be peculiarly alluring, for the woman of whom this story is told became so famous that every Greek knew the name of Rhodopis, and later on a certain Archidice was the theme of song throughout Greece, although less celebrated than the other.