Lanike
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Lanike or Lanice pronounced (Lan iss) (Greek: ), also called Hellanike or Alacrinis, daughter of Dropidas, was the sister of Cleitus 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 Siege of Miletus in 334 BC. Her husband may have been Andronicus of Olynthus.
Lanike or Lanice pronounced (Lan iss) (Greek: ), also called Hellanike or Alacrinis, daughter of Dropidas, was the sister of Cleitus 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 Siege of Miletus in 334 BC. Her husband may have been Andronicus of Olynthus.
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