Hyperoche and Laodice
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Laodice · Hyperoche
in the texts
The Histories
Two Hyperborean maidens said to have first personally carried offerings to Delos and died there, afterward honored with hair-cutting rites by Delian youths.
the Delian boys twine some of their hair around a green stalk, and lay it on the tomb likewise.
The Delian girls and boys cut their hair in honor of these Hyperborean maidens, who died at Delos;
But on the first journey, the Hyperboreans sent two maidens bearing the offerings, to whom the Delians give the names Hyperoche and Laodice, and five men of their people with them as escort for safe conduct, those who are now called Perpherees and greatly honored at Delos.
De Anima
Mother of Seleucus, said to have foreseen his kingdom before his birth.
And to Seleucus the kingdom of Asia, his mother Laodice foresaw, before she had borne him.