Berenice

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Berenice or Berenike (Greek: Βερενίκη, Berenikē) is the Ancient Macedonian form for Attic Greek Φερενίκη (Pherenikē), meaning "bearer of victory", from φέρω (pherō) "to bear" + νίκη (nikē) "victory. Berenika priestess of Demetra in Lete ca. 350 BC is the oldest epigraphical evidence.

It may refer to:People

• Several Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens in Cyrenaica and Egypt:
• Berenice I of Egypt, mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt
• Berenice (Seleucid queen), 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 Coma Berenices.
• Berenice III of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt. She first married Ptolemy X of Egypt, later Ptolemy XI of Egypt
• Berenice IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and elder sister of Cleopatra VII

• Judean princesses:
• Berenice (daughter of Salome), sister of Herod the Great
• Berenice of Cilicia, daughter of Agrippa I
• Berenice (daughter of Mariamne), daughter of Mariamne (daughter of Herod Agrippa I)Places

• Berenice, the ancient Egyptian name for Benghazi, Libya
• Ancient ports on the Red Sea:
• Berenice Troglodytica, now known as Medinet-el Haras, the largest and most famous of these
• Berenice Panchrysos, near Sabae
• Berenice Epideires, near the mouth of the Red SeaWorks of authorship

• Bérénice, a tragedy by French dramatist Jean Racine
• Berenice (opera), by George Frideric Händel
• Bérénice (Magnard opera), an opera by Albéric Magnard after Racine
• "Berenice" (short story), by Edgar Allan PoeRocketry
• Berenice (rocket), a series of French experimental rocketsBotany
• Berenice (plant), a plant belonging to the Campanulaceae family

References

• Berenice Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

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