Berenice
Berenice (Ancient Greek: Βερενίκη, Berenikē) is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name Φερενίκη (Pherenikē), which meant "bearer of victory" from Ancient Greek φέρω (pherō) 'to bear', and νίκη (nikē) 'victory'.[1] Berenika priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC is the oldest epigraphical evidence.[2][3] The name also has the form Bernice. An additional Latin form of the same name is Veronica.
Many historical figures bear the name Berenice:
Ancient world
Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens and royal daughters in Cyrenaica and Egypt
- Berenice I of Egypt (c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC), mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt
- Berenice II of Egypt (267 or 266 BC – 221 BC), daughter of Magas of Cyrene, wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellation Coma Berenices
- Berenice III of Egypt (120–80 BC), daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt; she first married Ptolemy X of Egypt, and later Ptolemy XI of Egypt
- Berenice IV of Egypt (77–55 BC), daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and elder sister of Cleopatra VII
- Berenice (Seleucid queen) (died 246 BC), daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos
- Berenice (daughter of Ptolemy II of Telmessos) (3rd to 2nd century BC), great-granddaughter of Ptolemy I Epigone
Judean princesses
- Berenice (daughter of Salome) (1st century BC), daughter of Salome I, a sister of Herod the Great. and mother of Herod Agrippa I
- Berenice (28–?), a daughter of Herod Agrippa I, wife of Herod of Chalcis till 48, then spent much of her life at the court of her brother Agrippa II
- Berenice (after 50–?), daughter of another daughter of Herod Agrippa I
Saints
- Berenice, also known as Saint Veronica, 1st-century saint from Jerusalem
- Domnina, Berenice, and Prosdoce, 4th-century martyrs
Others
- Berenice of Chios (d. 72/71 BC), third wife of Mithridates VI of Pontus
Modern era
- Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), American photographer
- Bérénice Bejo (born 1976), French-Argentine actress
- Berenice Celeyta, Colombian human rights activist
- Bérénice Marlohe (born 1979), French actress
- Maé-Bérénice Méité, French figure skater
- Berenice Sydney (1944–1983), English artist
- Berenice (play) (1670), a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine
- Berenice (opera) (1709), an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel
References
- ^ Berenike, Liddell and Scottt, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus
- ^ Lete Epigraphical Database
- ^ Macedonian Institutions Under the Kings books.google.com by Miltiadēs V. Chatzopoulos
Sources
- Berenice Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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