Lanike

Deceased Person

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Who is Lanike?

Lanike or Lanice, also called Hellanike or Alacrinis, daughter of Dropidas, was the sister of Clitus the Black and the nurse of Alexander the Great. She was born, most likely, shortly after 380 BC; for she is named as the mother of Proteas and two other sons who died in the battle at Miletus in 334 BC.Her husband may have been Andronicus.

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on July 23, 2013

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