Queen Berenice II of Egypt

Berenice II (267 or 266 BC - 221 BC), was the daughter of Magas of Cyrene and Queen Apama, and the wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes I, the third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 392 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1363 × 2082 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 392 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1363 × 2082 pixel, file size: 1. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC - 220s BC - 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC Years: 226 BC 225 BC 224 BC 223 BC 222 BC - 221 BC - 220 BC 219 BC... Magas of Cyrene (r. ... Ptolemy III Euergetes I, (Ptolemaeus III) (Evergetes, Euergetes) (reigned 246 BC-222 BC). ... cleopatra ruled seneca for 10 years before she ruled Egypt. ...

In about 249 BC, she was married to Demetrius the Fair, a Macedonian prince, soon after her father died. However after coming to Cyrene he became the lover of her mother Apama. In a dramatic event, She had him killed in Apama's bedroom, but Apama lived on afterwards. This happened around 255 or 250 BC. She had no children with Demetrius. Demetrius the Fair (Dêmêtrios ho Kalos; the Greek word means beautiful, not blond) was a Macedonian prince. ...

Afterwards she married Ptolemy III. They had at least 4 children: Ptolemy IV, Magas, Arsinoe III and Berenice. She was murdered by Ptolemy IV in 221, soon after he became pharaoh. Under the reign of Ptolemy IV Philopator (reigned 221-204 BC), son of Ptolemy III, the decline of the Ptolemaic kingdom began. ...

During her husband's absence on an expedition to Syria, she dedicated her hair to Venus for his safe return, and placed it in the temple of the goddess at Zephyrium. The hair having by some unknown means disappeared, Conon of Samos, explained the phenomenon in courtly phrase, by saying that it had been carried to the heavens and placed among the stars. Venus is the Roman goddess of love, equivalent to Greek Aphrodite and Etruscan Turan. ... Mersin is the capital city of Mersin province in Turkey (named İçel province until 2002). ... Conon of Samos (circa 280 BC - circa: 220 BC) was a Greek mathematician and astronomer. ...

The name Coma Berenices or Berenice's hair, applied to a constellation, commemorates this incident. Callimachus celebrated the transformation in a poem, of which only a few lines remain, but there is a fine translation of it by Catullus. Soon after her husband's death (221 BC) she was murdered at the instigation of her son Ptolemy IV, with whom she was probably associated in the government. Coma Berenices (IPA: , Latin: ) is a traditional asterism that has since become a constellation. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Callimachus (Greek: ; ca. ... Fresco from Herculaneum, presumably showing a love couple. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC - 220s BC - 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC Years: 226 BC 225 BC 224 BC 223 BC 222 BC - 221 BC - 220 BC 219 BC... Under the reign of Ptolemy IV Philopator (reigned 221-204 BC), son of Ptolemy III and Berenice II of Egypt, the decline of the Ptolemaic kingdom began. ...

The predecessor of the modern city Benghazi was refounded by her and received her name: Berenice. Colourful buildings in the city centre. ...

The asteroid 653 Berenike, discovered in 1907, is also named after Queen Berenice. 653 Berenike 653 Berenike is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. ...

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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