1000 Classical Characters Briefly Described

Who was Iphigenia? What did Cincinnatus do? A thousand gods, heroes and tyrants of the classical world, each explained in the time it takes to read a text message.

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Laodice – Lydia

Laodice

Daughter of Priam and Hecuba, and wife of Helicaon.

Laomedon

Son of Ilus, and king of Troy. He married Strynio, called by some Placia or

Leucippe

Podarces, afterward known as Priam, was their son. Laomedon built the walls of Troy, in which he was assisted by Apollo and Neptune.

Lares

Gods of inferior power at Rome, who presided over houses and families. They were two in number, sons of Mercury and

Latium

A country in Italy.

Lavinia

Daughter of Latinus and Amata, betrothed to Turnus, but married to Aeneas.

Lavinium

An ancient town of Latium, three miles from the sea and six miles east of Laurentum, on the Via Appia, founded by Aeneas.

Lucina

A daughter of Jupiter and Juno. She was the goddess who presided over the birth of children.

Luna

The goddess of the Moon.

Lupercus

An ancient Italian divinity, worshipped by shepherds as the protector of their flocks against wolves.

Lydia

A district of Asia Minor.

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