Berenice or
Berenike (
GreekAncient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic , Classical , and Hellenistic periods of ancient Greece and the ancient world. It is predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
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Berenikē) is the
Ancient MacedonianAncient Macedonian was the Indo-European language of the ancient Macedonians. It was spoken in Macedonia during the 1st millennium BC. From the 4th century BC, it was gradually replaced by the Attic-Koine Greek dialect....
form for
Attic GreekAttic Greek is the prestige dialect of Ancient Greek that was spoken in Attica, which includes Athens. Of the ancient dialects, it is the most similar to later Greek, and is the standard form of the language studied in courses of "Ancient Greek"...
Φερενίκη (
Pherenikē), meaning "bearer of victory", from
φέρω (
pherō) "to bear" +
νίκη (
nikē) "victory". Berenika priestess of
DemetraDemeter , in Greek mythology, is the Goddess of grain and fertility, the pure...
in
LeteLete was an ancient city in Mygdonia, Macedon and Roman Catholic titular see in Macedonia Lete was an ancient city in Mygdonia, Macedon and Roman Catholic titular see in Macedonia (Roman province) Lete was an ancient city in Mygdonia, Macedon and Roman Catholic titular see in Macedonia...
ca.
350 BC-Persian Empire:* Sidon, the centre of the revolt against Persia, seeks help from its sister city of Tyre and from Egypt but gets very little.* Idrieus, the second son of Hecatomnus, succeeds to the throne of Caria on the death of Artemisia II, the widow of his elder brother Mausolus...
is the oldest epigraphical evidence. The Latin form of the same name is
VeronicaVeronica is a female given name, the Latin form of the Greek name Berenice, Φερονίκη, which in turn is derived from Greek pherein and nikê , meaning "she who brings victory". In medieval etymology, Veronica was sometimes wrongly supposed to derive from Latin vera and Greek eikon...
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Many historical figures bear the name "Berenice":
- Several Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens in Cyrenaica and Egypt:
- Berenice I of Egypt
Berenice I, daughter of Magas, was first the wife of Philip, an obscure Macedonian nobleman, with whom she gave birth to Antigone and the future Magas of Cyrene. Upon Philip's death, she came to Egypt as a lady-in-waiting to Eurydice, bride of Ptolemy I, Alexander's general and founder of the...
, mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt
- Berenice (Seleucid queen)
Berenice, also called Berenice Syra, was the daughter of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his first wife Arsinoe I of Egypt.In 261 BC she married the Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos, who, following an agreement with Ptolemy , had divorced his wife Laodice I and transferred the succession to...
, daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos
- Berenice II of Egypt, daughter of Magas of Cyrene, wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellation
In modern astronomy, a constellation is an area of the celestial sphere, defined by exact boundaries.The term "constellation" can also be used loosely to refer to just the more prominent visible stars that seem to form a pattern in that area.-Definitions:...
Coma BerenicesComa Berenices is a traditional asterism that has since been defined as one of the 88 modern constellations. It is located near Leo, to which it formerly belonged and accommodates the North Galactic Pole...
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- Berenice III of Egypt
Berenice III , sometimes called Cleopatra Berenice, ruled as queen of Egypt from 81 to 80 BC, and possibly from 101 to 88 BC jointly with her uncle/husband Ptolemy X Alexander...
, daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt.
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Berenice or
Berenike (
GreekAncient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic , Classical , and Hellenistic periods of ancient Greece and the ancient world. It is predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
: ,
Berenikē) is the
Ancient MacedonianAncient Macedonian was the Indo-European language of the ancient Macedonians. It was spoken in Macedonia during the 1st millennium BC. From the 4th century BC, it was gradually replaced by the Attic-Koine Greek dialect....
form for
Attic GreekAttic Greek is the prestige dialect of Ancient Greek that was spoken in Attica, which includes Athens. Of the ancient dialects, it is the most similar to later Greek, and is the standard form of the language studied in courses of "Ancient Greek"...
Φερενίκη (
Pherenikē), meaning "bearer of victory", from
φέρω (
pherō) "to bear" +
νίκη (
nikē) "victory". Berenika priestess of
DemetraDemeter , in Greek mythology, is the Goddess of grain and fertility, the pure...
in
LeteLete was an ancient city in Mygdonia, Macedon and Roman Catholic titular see in Macedonia Lete was an ancient city in Mygdonia, Macedon and Roman Catholic titular see in Macedonia (Roman province) Lete was an ancient city in Mygdonia, Macedon and Roman Catholic titular see in Macedonia...
ca.
350 BC-Persian Empire:* Sidon, the centre of the revolt against Persia, seeks help from its sister city of Tyre and from Egypt but gets very little.* Idrieus, the second son of Hecatomnus, succeeds to the throne of Caria on the death of Artemisia II, the widow of his elder brother Mausolus...
is the oldest epigraphical evidence. The Latin form of the same name is
VeronicaVeronica is a female given name, the Latin form of the Greek name Berenice, Φερονίκη, which in turn is derived from Greek pherein and nikê , meaning "she who brings victory". In medieval etymology, Veronica was sometimes wrongly supposed to derive from Latin vera and Greek eikon...
.
Many historical figures bear the name "Berenice":
- Several Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens in Cyrenaica and Egypt:
- Berenice I of Egypt
Berenice I, daughter of Magas, was first the wife of Philip, an obscure Macedonian nobleman, with whom she gave birth to Antigone and the future Magas of Cyrene. Upon Philip's death, she came to Egypt as a lady-in-waiting to Eurydice, bride of Ptolemy I, Alexander's general and founder of the...
, mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt
- Berenice (Seleucid queen)
Berenice, also called Berenice Syra, was the daughter of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his first wife Arsinoe I of Egypt.In 261 BC she married the Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos, who, following an agreement with Ptolemy , had divorced his wife Laodice I and transferred the succession to...
, daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos
- Berenice II of Egypt, daughter of Magas of Cyrene, wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellation
In modern astronomy, a constellation is an area of the celestial sphere, defined by exact boundaries.The term "constellation" can also be used loosely to refer to just the more prominent visible stars that seem to form a pattern in that area.-Definitions:...
Coma BerenicesComa Berenices is a traditional asterism that has since been defined as one of the 88 modern constellations. It is located near Leo, to which it formerly belonged and accommodates the North Galactic Pole...
.
- Berenice III of Egypt
Berenice III , sometimes called Cleopatra Berenice, ruled as queen of Egypt from 81 to 80 BC, and possibly from 101 to 88 BC jointly with her uncle/husband Ptolemy X Alexander...
, daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt. She first married Ptolemy X of Egypt, later Ptolemy XI of Egypt
- Berenice IV of Egypt
Berenice IV , born in Alexandria, Egypt in 77 BC, died in Alexandria 55 BC, was the daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and probably Cleopatra V of Egypt Tryphaena, sister of Cleopatra VI Tryphaena of Egypt, and the famous Cleopatra VII . Berenice loved fashion, parties, and jewels...
, daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and elder sister of Cleopatra VII
- Judean princesses:
- Berenice
Berenice was the daughter of Salome I, sister of Herod the Great. She married her cousin Aristobulus, who was executed by his father in 6 BC; she was accused of complicity in his murder...
, daughter of Salome, a sister of Herod the GreatSalome I was the sister of Herod the Great and the mother of Berenice by her husband Costobarus, governor of Idumea.Berenice's children were Herodias, Herod Agrippa I, king of Judea, Herod of Chalcis and Aristobulus V, and Mariamne III .- External links :* entry in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H...
- Berenice, daughter of Herod Agrippa I
- Berenice
Berenice was the daughter of Mariamne, daughter of Herod Agrippa I, and Julius Archealus. She was born sometime after 50 AD. After her parents had divorced, she lived with her mother in Alexandria....
, daughter of Mariamne, a daughter of Herod Agrippa IMariamne was a daughter of King Herod Agrippa I. She was betrothed by her father to Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes, first son of King Antiochus IV of Commagene, but this marriage had not yet been enacted upon her father's death. Her brother Agrippa II enacted the marriage once he had...
- Saints:
- Berenice
Saint Veronica or Berenice, according to the "Acta Sanctorum" published by the Bollandists , was a pious woman of Jerusalem who, moved with pity as Jesus carried his cross to Golgotha, gave him her veil that he might wipe his forehead. Jesus accepted the offering and after using it handed it back...
, also known as Saint VeronicaSaint Veronica or Berenice, according to the "Acta Sanctorum" published by the Bollandists , was a pious woman of Jerusalem who, moved with pity as Jesus carried his cross to Golgotha, gave him her veil that he might wipe his forehead. Jesus accepted the offering and after using it handed it back...
, saint from JerusalemJerusalem is the capital of Israel and its largest city in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if disputed East Jerusalem is included...
- Domnina, Berenice, and Prosdoce
Saint Domnina and her daughters Berenice and Prosdoce are venerated as Christian martyrs by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches....
, 4th century martyrs