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Berenice (other)
Berenice is a feminine name. Berenice may also refer to: Places * Berenice, ancient Greek name for Benghazi (in Libya); still a Catholic titular episcopal see * Berenike (Epirus), ancient Greek city in Epirus * Berenice Troglodytica,also known as Berenike, modern Medinet-el Haras, an ancient port of Egypt, site for archeology * Berenice Panchrysos, an ancient port city of Egypt, near Sabae * Berenice Epideires, near the mouth of the Red Sea, in modern Djibouti Arts and entertainment * ''Berenice'', an Italian opera by George Frideric Händel * "Berenice" (short story), by Edgar Allan Poe * ''Berenice'' (play), 1670 French tragedy by Jean Racine * ''Bérénice'', a French opera by Albéric Magnard after Racine's tragedy Other uses * Coma Berenices, a constellation in the northern hemisphere * 653 Berenike, an asteroid * ''Berenice'' (plant), a plant belonging to the family Campanulaceae * Berenice (rocket) Berenice ( grc, Βερενίκη, ''Bereníkē'') is the Ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berenice
Berenice ( grc, Βερενίκη, ''Bereníkē'') is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name ''Pherenikē'', which means "bearer of victory" . Berenika, priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC, is the oldest epigraphical evidence. The name also has the form Bernice. Many historical figures bear the name Berenice: Ancient world Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens and royal daughters in Cyrenaica and Egypt * Berenice I of Egypt ( – 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benghazi
Benghazi () , ; it, Bengasi; tr, Bingazi; ber, Bernîk, script=Latn; also: ''Bengasi'', ''Benghasi'', ''Banghāzī'', ''Binghāzī'', ''Bengazi''; grc, Βερενίκη (''Berenice'') and ''Hesperides''., group=note (''lit. Son of he Ghazi'') is a city in Libya. Located on the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean, Benghazi is a major seaport and the second-most populous city in the country, as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 807,250 in 2020. A Greek colony named Euesperides had existed in the area from around 525 BC. In the 3rd century BC, it was relocated and refounded as the Ptolemaic city of Berenice. Berenice prospered under the Romans, and after the 3rd century AD it superseded Cyrene and Barca as the centre of Cyrenaica. The city went into decline during the Byzantine period and had already been reduced to a small town before its conquest by the Arabs. In 1911, Italy captured Benghazi and the rest of Tripolitania from the Ott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berenike (Epirus)
Berenice or Berenike ( grc, Βερενίκη) was a Greek city in the region of ancient Epirus,An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen,2005,page 342 near current Preveza. It was founded by Pyrrhus II of Epirus (r. 255–238 ВСE). See also *List of cities in ancient Epirus This is a list of cities in ancient Epirus. These were Greek poleis, komes or fortresses except for Nicopolis, which was founded by Octavian. Classical Epirus was divided into three regions: Chaonia, Molossia, Thesprotia, each named after the d ... References 3rd-century BC establishments Populated places established in the 3rd century BC Pyrrhus of Epirus Epirote colonies Populated places in ancient Epirus Former populated places in Greece {{AncientEpirus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berenice Troglodytica
Berenice Troglodytica, also called Berenike (Greek: ) or Baranis, is an ancient seaport of Egypt on the western shore of the Red Sea. It is situated about 825 km south of Suez, 260 km east of Aswan in Upper Egypt and 140 km south of Marsa Alam. It was founded in 275 BCE by Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–246 BCE), who named it after his mother, Berenice I of Egypt. A high mountain range runs along the African coast and separates the Nile Valley from the Red Sea; Berenice was sited upon a narrow rim of shore between the mountains and the Red Sea, at the head of the ''Sinus Immundus'', a south-facing bay sheltered on the north by a high peninsula then called ''Lepte Extrema'', and to the south by a chain of small islands scattered across the mouth of the bay. One of them was called the Island of Ophiodes (Strabo xvi. p. 770;) and was one of a few sources of gemstones local to Berenice. The harbour is marginal, but was improved by engineering. Etymo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berenice Panchrysos
Berenice Panchrysos (Greek: , Steph. B., ''s. v.''; Strabo xvi. 771), was an ancient town of ancient Egypt, near Sabae in the Regio Troglodytica, on the west coast of the Red Sea, between the 20th and 21st degrees of North latitude, in modern-day Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t .... It obtained the appellation of all-golden (Panchrysos) from its vicinity to the gold mines of Jebel Allaqi (Jebel Ollaki), from which the ancient Egyptians drew their principal supplies of that metal, and in the working of which they employed criminals and prisoners of war. ( Plin. vi. 34.) References * External linksBerenice P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berenice Epideires
Berenice Epideires (Greek: , Steph. B. ''s. v.''; Strabo xvi. pp. 769, 773; Mela, iii. 8; Plin. vi. 34; Ptol. viii. 16. § 12), or "Berenice upon the Neck of Land", was a town on the western shore of the Red Sea. It was located near the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, in modern-day Djibouti. The settlement's position on a sandy spit or promontory was the cause of its distinctive appellation. Some authorities, however, attribute the name to the neighborhood of a more considerable town named Cape Deirê on the Ras Siyyan peninsula. Strabon mentions the mangroves that were found there on the coast. Literature * Lionel Casson: ''The Periplus Maris Erythraei: text, translation, and commentary.'' Princeton University Press, Princeton N.J. 1989, . * Getzel M. Cohen: ''The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa.'' University of California Press, Berkeley Calif. 2006, . * George Fadlo Hourani: ''Arab seafaring in the Indian Ocean.'' Princeton University Press, Prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berenice (opera)
''Berenice'' ( HWV 38) is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to a 1709 Antonio Salvi libretto, ''Berenice, regina d’Egitto'', or ''Berenice, Queen of Egypt''. Handel began the music in December 1736; the premiere took place at Covent Garden Theatre in London on 18 May 1737 — but was unsuccessful, with just three further performances. Set circa 81 B.C., ''Berenice'' traces the life of Berenice III of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy IX, the main character in another Handel opera, ''Tolomeo''. Background The German-born Handel, after spending some of his early career composing operas and other pieces in Italy, settled in London, where in 1711 he had brought Italian opera for the first time with his opera ''Rinaldo''. An enormous success, ''Rinaldo'' created a craze in London for Italian ''opera seria'', a form focused overwhelmingly on solo arias for the star virtuoso singers. Handel had presented new operas in London for years with great success. One of the major attra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berenice (short Story)
"Berenice" is a short horror story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the ''Southern Literary Messenger'' in 1835. Egaeus, who is preparing to marry his cousin Berenice, tends to fall into periods of intense focus, during which he seems to separate himself from the outside world. Berenice begins to deteriorate from an unnamed disease until only her teeth remain healthy. Egaeus obsesses over them. When Berenice is buried, he continues to contemplate her teeth. One day, he awakens with an uneasy feeling from a trance-like state and hears screams. A servant reports that Berenice's grave has been disturbed, and she is still alive. Beside Egaeus is a shovel, a poem about "visiting the grave of my beloved", and a box containing 32 teeth. Contemporary readers were horrified by the story's violence and complained to the editor of the ''Messenger''. Although Poe later published a self-censored version of the work, he believed the story should be judged solely by how many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berenice (play)
Berenice ( grc, Βερενίκη, ''Bereníkē'') is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name ''Pherenikē'', which means "bearer of victory" . Berenika, priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC, is the oldest epigraphical evidence. The name also has the form Bernice. Many historical figures bear the name Berenice: Ancient world Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens and royal daughters in Cyrenaica and Egypt * Berenice I of Egypt ( – 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), daughte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bérénice (Magnard)
''Bérénice'' is an opera in three acts by the French composer Albéric Magnard to his own libretto after the tragedy of the same name by Racine. It was first performed at the Paris Opéra-Comique on 15 December 1911. The work received only nine performances at the Salle Favart in its first 40 years. Background and history A vocal score was published in 1909 dedicated to Guy Ropartz, and thus the work avoided the fate of Magnard's other operas ''Yolande'' and '' Guercœur'' whose scores were damaged by the fire at his house in the opening days of the First World War. The opera was broadcast on French radio in 1936 and 1961,'Albéric Magnard: Bérénice'. In: Kaminski, Piotr. ''Mille et Un Opéras''. Fayard, 2003, p829. and was revived on stage in Marseille in 2001 conducted by Gaetano Delogu and at the Grand Théâtre de Tours in 2014 for the Magnard centenary, conducted by Jean-Yves Ossonce.Van Moere, Didier. Retour en gloire (review of ''Bérénice''). '' Diapason'', No 624, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coma Berenices
Coma Berenices is an ancient asterism in the northern sky, which has been defined as one of the 88 modern constellations. It is in the direction of the fourth galactic quadrant, between Leo and Boötes, and it is visible in both hemispheres. Its name means "Berenice's Hair" in Latin and refers to Queen Berenice II of Egypt, who sacrificed her long hair as a votive offering. It was introduced to Western astronomy during the third century BC by Conon of Samos and was further corroborated as a constellation by Gerardus Mercator and Tycho Brahe. It is the only modern constellation named for a historic person. The constellation's major stars are Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Comae Berenices. They form a half square, along the diagonal of which run Berenice's imaginary tresses, formed by the Coma Star Cluster. The constellation's brightest star is Beta Comae Berenices, a 4.2-magnitude main sequence star similar to the Sun. Coma Berenices contains the North Galactic Pole and one of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
653 Berenike
653 Berenike is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 27 November 1907 by Joel Hastings Metcalf at Taunton, Massachusetts. It is named after Berenice II of Egypt, after whom the constellation Coma Berenices is also named. The name may have been inspired by the asteroid's provisional designation ''1907 BK''. Berenike is a member of the dynamic Eos family of asteroids that most likely formed as the result of a collisional breakup of a parent body. References External links * * Eos asteroids Berenike Berenike Berenice ( grc, Βερενίκη, ''Bereníkē'') is the ancient Macedonian language, Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name ''Pherenikē'', which means "bearer of victory" . Berenika, priestess of Demeter in Lete (Mygdonia), Lete ca. 350 ... S-type asteroids (Tholen) K-type asteroids (SMASS) 19071127 {{beltasteroid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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