Cleonice, Princess of Bithynia: A Tragedy is a play written by John Hoole and first published in 1775. The play is set in ancient Bithynia, a region in what is now modern-day Turkey, and tells the story of Cleonice, the daughter of the king of Bithynia. Cleonice is in love with Demetrius, a young man of low birth, but her father has arranged for her to marry Seleucus, the prince of Syria, in order to form an alliance between the two kingdoms.As the...