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A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-Day is the eighth published novel by English author Thomas Hardy , first published in 1880–81 in Harper's New Monthly Magazine . The plot exhibits devices uncommon in Hardy's other fiction, such as falsified telegrams and faked photographs.
The Laodicean Church was a Christian community established in the ancient city of Laodicea (on the river Lycus, in the Roman province of Asia, and one of the early centers of Christianity). The church was established in the Apostolic Age , the earliest period of Christianity, and is probably best known for being one of the Seven churches of ...
Laodicean Church, early Christians in Laodicea on the Lycus; Epistle to the Laodiceans, an apocryphal epistle attributed to Paul the Apostle; Council of Laodicea, a synod held about 363–364 CE; A Laodicean, an 1881 novel by Thomas Hardy; Laodice (disambiguation) Ladoceia, a town of ancient Arcadia, Greece
see Laodice (Greek myth); Laodice (daughter of Priam), a princess of Troy Laodice, daughter of Agamemnon, sometimes conflated with Electra; Laodice, one of the Hyperborean maidens
His suspicions about the deaths of his sister and nephew were firmly grounded and were a part of the cause of the Third Syrian War also known as the ‘Laodicean War’ or the ‘War of Laodice’. [9] During the war, while Seleucus was fighting Ptolemy, Laodice supported the revolt of her second son against her first son.
Laodicea is situated on the long spur of a hill between the narrow valleys of the small rivers Asopus and Caprus, which discharge their waters into the Lycus.. It lay on a major trade route [4] and in its neighbourhood were many important ancient cities; it was 17 km west of Colossae, 10 km south of Hierapolis.
In Greek mythology, Laodice (/ l eɪ ˈ ɒ d ə ˌ s i /; Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκη, [la.odíkɛː]; "people-justice") was the daughter of Priam of Troy and Hecuba.She was described as the most beautiful of Priam's daughters.
Laodice of Macedonia (Greek: Λαοδίκη) was a Macedonian noblewoman and wife of Antiochus (fl. 4th century BC), a general of distinction in the service of Philip II of Macedon.