Arsinoe

Arsinoe (Greek: Ἀρσινόη), sometimes spelled Arsinoë, pronounced Arsinoi in modern Greek, may refer to:

Literature

• Arsinoe, a character in Le Misanthrope, a play by French playwright Molière
• Arsinoe, a character in The Etruscan, a book by Finnish writer Mika Waltari

Mythology

• Arsinoe or Laodamia, nurse of Orestes
• Arsinoe, daughter of Leucippus and possible mother of Asclepius by Apollo
• Arsinoe or Alphesiboea, daughter of Phegeus, king of Psophis, and wife of Alcmaeon
• Arsinoe, one of the Minyades, according to Plutarch
• Arsinoe, one of the Nysiads
• Arsinoe, daughter of Nicocreon, loved by Arceophon

People

• Arsinoe of Macedon, mother of Ptolemy I Soter
• Apama II (about c. 292 BC-sometime after 249 BC), wife of Magas of Cyrene and mother of Berenice II, who is also known as Arsinoe
• Arsinoe, probable mother of Lysimachus or his first wife Nicaea of Macedon, whom Arsinoe I is named after
• Arsinoe I (305 BC–247 BC) of Egypt
• Arsinoe II (316 BC–270 BC) of Egypt
• Arsinoe III of Egypt (died 204 BC)
• Arsinoe IV of Egypt (died 41 BC) — (half) sister of Cleopatra VII ("Cleopatra")

Places

• Arsinoe (Cilicia)
• Arsinoe (Crete)
• Arsinoe (Northwest Cyprus)
• Arsinoe (Southwest Cyprus)
  • The promontory upon which this city lay was called Arsinoe
• Arsinoe (Gulf of Suez), one of the great ports of Egypt
• Arsinoe (Ethiopia), now located in Eritrea
• Crocodilopolis was renamed Arsinoe
• Famagusta was once called Arsinoe
• Konope was renamed Arsinoe
• Olbia (Egypt) was renamed Arsinoe
• Patara (Lycia) was renamed Arsinoe
• Taucheira was renamed Arsinoe.
• Arsinoi, a community in Messenia

Astronomy

• 404 Arsinoë, an asteroid