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Stratonice
Macedonian princess
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association with Seleucus I Nicator
- In Seleucus I Nicator: Consolidation of gains
…love with his beautiful stepmother, Stratonice, and his unrequited passion affected his health. Seleucus gave him Stratonice, assigned him as commander in chief to the upper satrapies, and appointed him co-regent.
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contribution to worship of Atargatis
- In Atargatis
…about 300 bc by Queen Stratonice, wife of Seleucus I, and it was perhaps partly as a result of that Greek patronage that her cult, carried by Greek merchants and mercenaries, spread to various parts of the Greek world, where the goddess was generally regarded as a form of Aphrodite.
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