Look up: Berenice

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   Berenice
   Daughter of Herod, with whom Titus fell in love.
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   Berenice
   the wife of King Ptolemy I of Egypt; she was made queen of Egypt in 290 BCE; she was the mother of Ptolemy II.
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   Berenice
   Berenice was the wife of Ptolemy Euergetes. When her husband went to war in Syria she vowed that if he returned safe she would dedicate her hair to the gods. Upon his safe return she hung her hair in the temple of Venus, from where it disappeared and is said to have been used to form the constellation Coma Berenices.
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   Berenice
   Berenice was an ancient Egyptian town on the coast of the Red Sea.
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   Berenice
   (born AD 28) Eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa I, ruler of Palestine. She was married at 13 years old to her uncle, Herod of Chalcis, but after his death in AD 48 she lived, not without suspicions of incest, with...
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   Berenice
   Ancient name for the Libyan city of Benghazi. ...
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   Berenice
   `Berenice` or `Berenike` is a Macedonian name, meaning `bearer of victory` . 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 tr...
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   Bérénice
   `Bérénice` is a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine. `Bérénice` 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. Racine seems to have chosen the subject in competition with Pierre Corneille, who was working on his drama `Tite et Bérénice` at the same time. The subject was take...
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   Bérénice
   (from the article `Racine, Jean`) Bérénice (1670) marks the decisive point in Racine`s theatrical career, for with this play he found a felicitous combination of elements that he ... ...ballet sequences, and striking a note of lyrical tenderness. A year earlier, however, he had presented Tite et Bérénice, in ...
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    Berenice
    daughter of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe I of Egypt. She was married to the Seleucid ruler Antiochus II Theos, supplanting his first wife, ... [2 related articles]
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    Berenice
    lover of the Roman emperor Titus and a participant in the events leading up to the fall of Jerusalem.
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    Berenice
    Berenice is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Victorious` Where is it used? The name Berenice is mainly used In English and In Italian.How do they say it elsewhere? Veronica ( In English, Italian and In Portuguese) Bernice ( In English and In the bible) Berniece ( In English) See also In Spanish: Verónica In Russian, Czech, Scandinavia
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    Berenice
    Berenice, city of ancient Cyrenaica: see Benghazi.
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    Berenice
    Berenice or Berenike,city of ancient Egypt, on the Red Sea. Founded by Ptolemy II and named in his mother's honor, it commanded the trade with Arabia and India, flourishing from the 3d cent. B.C. to the 4th cent. Its harbor subsequently silted up.
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    Berenice
    Berenice (berunī'sē) , b. c.340 B.C., d. 281 or 271 B.C., consort and half sister of Ptolemy I, king of ancient Egypt. A Macedonian, she was the widow of Philip, one of the officers of Alexander the Great, and was by this marriage the mother of Magas, king of Cyrene; Antigone, wife o...
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    Berenice
    Berenice, c.273–21 B.C., queen of ancient Cyrene and Egypt. She was the daughter and successor of King Magas of Cyrene. In 247 B.C. she married Ptolemy III, thereby effectively annexing Cyrene to Egypt. According to Callimachus and Catullus, he named a constellation after her, Berenice's Hair ...
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    Berenice
    Berenice, c.280–46 B.C., queen-consort of ancient Syria; wife of Antiochus II. She was called Berenice Syra. She was the daughter of Ptolemy II, and her marriage (252) to Antiochus II marked a temporary cessation in the wars between the Egyptian monarchs and the Seleucids. On the death of Anti...
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    Berenice
    Berenice, fl. 6 B.C., Jewish princess; daughter of Costobarus and Salome, sister of Herod the Great. She was married to her cousin Aristobulus and bore him a son, Herod Agrippa I. She was accused of having instigated the murder of her husband by Herod the Great in 6 B.C. Later she married Theudion, ...
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    Berenice
    Berenice, b. c.A.D. 28, Jewish princess; daughter of Herod Agrippa I. A very beautiful woman, she was often involved in intrigue. After her first husband died, she was married to her uncle Herod of Chalcis. After his death (A.D. 48) she lived in incest with her brother, Herod Agrippa II, causing som...
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