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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. She was the wife of Leucippus of Messenia by whom she became the mother of Hilaeira, Phoebe and possibly Arsinoe. Philodice was possibly the sister of Phoroneus, Io and Aegialeus.^[1]^[2]
Philodice, 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]

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^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 511
^ William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology s.v. Philodice. London. John Murray (1848).
^ Scholia on Euripides, Phoenissae 1760
^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 338

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[1] Tzetzes on Lycophron, 511

[2] William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology s.v. Philodice. London. John Murray (1848).

[3] Scholia on Euripides, Phoenissae 1760

[4] Eustathius on Homer, p. 338

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