Berenice (disambiguation)
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People
- Berenice I of EgyptBerenice I of EgyptBerenice I was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman and through her marriage to Ptolemy I Soter, became the first Queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.-Family:...
, mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt - Berenice (Seleucid queen)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 (267–221 BC), daughter of Magas of Cyrene, wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellation Coma Berenices
- Berenice III of EgyptBerenice III of EgyptBerenice 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 I....
(120–80 BC), daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt, wife Ptolemy X of Egypt and Ptolemy XI of Egypt - Berenice IV of EgyptBerenice IV of EgyptBerenice IV Epiphaneia born and died in Alexandria, Egypt. She was a Greek Princess of the Ptolemaic dynasty. Berenice was the daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes and probably Cleopatra V Tryphaena, sister of the famous Cleopatra VII , Arsinoe IV, Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV. Berenice loved...
(77–55 BC), daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and elder sister of Cleopatra VII - Berenice (daughter of Salome)Berenice (daughter of Salome)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...
, sister of Herod the Great - Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa I), or Julia Berenice, sister of Herod Agrippa II
- Berenice (daughter of Mariamne)Berenice (daughter of Mariamne)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....
, granddaughter of Herod Agrippa I - Saint Berenice, or Saint Veronica
Places
- Berenice, the ancient Greek name for BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...
, LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.... - Berenice Troglodytica, now known as Medinet-el Haras, an ancient seaport of Egypt
- Berenice PanchrysosBerenice PanchrysosBerenice Panchrysos , was an ancient port city of ancient Egypt, near Sabae in the Regio Troglodytica, on the west coast of the Red Sea, between the 20th and 21st degrees of North latitude, in modern-day Sudan...
, an ancient port city of Egypt, near Sabae - Berenice EpideiresBerenice EpideiresBerenice Epideires , or "Berenice upon the Neck of Land", was a town on the west shore of the Red Sea, near the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, in the modern-day country of Djibouti. Its position on a sandy spit or promontory of land was the cause of its distinctive appellation...
, near the mouth of the Red Sea, in modern-day Djibouti - Berenike (Epirus)Berenike (Epirus)Berenike was an ancient Greek city in the region of Epirus. It was founded by Pyrrhus II of Epirus ....
, ancient Greek city in Epirus
Works of authorship
- BéréniceBéréniceBerenice is a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine. Berenice was not played often between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Today it is one of Racine's more popular plays, after Phèdre, Andromaque and Britannicus.It was first performed in 1670...
, a tragic play by Jean Racine - "Berenice" (short story)Berenice (short story)"Berenice" is a short horror story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the Southern Literary Messenger in 1835. The story follows a man named Egaeus who is preparing to marry his cousin Berenice. He has a tendency to fall into periods of intense focus during which he seems to separate himself...
, by Edgar Allan Poe - Berenice (opera)Berenice (opera)Berenice is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to an Italian libretto, written in Italy in 1709 and originally entitled Berenice, regina d'Egitto , by Antonio Salvi....
, by George Frideric Händel - Bérénice, an opera by Albéric MagnardAlbéric MagnardLucien Denis Gabriel Albéric Magnard was a French composer, sometimes referred to as the "French Bruckner", though there are significant differences between the two composers...
Other uses
- Berenice (rocket)Berenice (rocket)Berenice was the designation of a four-stage French experimental rocket. Berenice 001 to Berenice 012 were tested from 1962 to 1966. The Berenice was 13.25 meters long, possessed a diameter of 0.56 meters and weighed at launch 3340 kg. The takeoff thrust of the Berenice, which could carry a...
, a series of French experimental rockets - Berenice (plant), a plant belonging to the CampanulaceaeCampanulaceaeThe family Campanulaceae , of the order Asterales, contains about 2000 species in 70 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky non-toxic sap...
family - Coma BerenicesComa 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...
, a constellation