Theoxena Of Thessaly
Theoxena may refer to: * Theoxena of Syracuse (born before 317 BC; died after 289 BC), a Greek Macedonian noblewoman * Theoxena of Egypt ( 4th/3rd century BC), a Syracusan princess, daughter of Theoxena of Syracuse * Theoxena of Thessaly (fl. 3rd/2nd century BC), daughter of prince Herodicus of Thessaly; mentioned in '' De Mulieribus Claris'' * ''Theoxena'' (moth), a genus of moths See also * Theoxenia Xenia ( el, ξενία) is an ancient Greek concept of hospitality. It is almost always translated as 'guest-friendship' or 'ritualized friendship'. It is an institutionalized relationship rooted in generosity, gift exchange, and reciprocity. Hi ...

Theoxena Of Syracuse
Theoxena ( el, Θεόξενα; born before 317 BC; died after 289 BC) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman. Through her mother's second marriage, she was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty and through marriage was a queen of Sicily. Family Theoxena was the second daughter and third child of the noblewoman Berenice and her first husband Philip. She had two older siblings: a brother called Magas and a sister called Antigone. Her father, Philip, was the son of Amyntas by an unnamed mother. Based on the implying of Plutarch (Pyrrhus 4.4), her father was previously married and had children, including daughters born to him. He served as a military officer in the service of the Greek King Alexander the Great and was known in commanding one division of the Phalanx in Alexander's wars. Her mother Berenice was a noblewoman from Eordeaea. She was the daughter of local obscure nobleman Magas and noblewoman Antigone. Berenice's mother was the niece of the powerful Regent Antipater and was a di ...
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Theoxena Of Egypt
Theoxena, also known as Theoxena the Younger to distinguish her from her mother ( el, Θεόξενα, flourished possibly late second half of 4th century BC and first half of 3rd century BC), was a Syracuse, Sicily, Syracusan Greeks, Greek Princess and was a noblewoman of high status. Family background Theoxena was a woman of Sicily, Sicilian origin. She was the daughter born to Agathocles of Syracuse, Agathocles and his third wife Theoxena of Syracuse, Theoxena and had a brother called Archagathus of Libya, Archagathus. Her father Agathocles, was a Greek Tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily, Syracuse, who later became King of Sicily. Theoxena had two paternal-half posthumous brothers: Archagathus (son of Agathocles of Syracuse), Archagathus and Agathocles; one paternal half-sister Lanassa (wife of Pyrrhus), Lanassa who was the second wife of King Pyrrhus of Epirus and a posthumous paternal half-nephew Archagathus (grandson of Agathocles of Syracuse), Archagathus. Theoxena was the namesake o ...
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Theoxena Of Thessaly
Theoxena may refer to: * Theoxena of Syracuse (born before 317 BC; died after 289 BC), a Greek Macedonian noblewoman * Theoxena of Egypt ( 4th/3rd century BC), a Syracusan princess, daughter of Theoxena of Syracuse * Theoxena of Thessaly (fl. 3rd/2nd century BC), daughter of prince Herodicus of Thessaly; mentioned in '' De Mulieribus Claris'' * ''Theoxena'' (moth), a genus of moths See also * Theoxenia Xenia ( el, ξενία) is an ancient Greek concept of hospitality. It is almost always translated as 'guest-friendship' or 'ritualized friendship'. It is an institutionalized relationship rooted in generosity, gift exchange, and reciprocity. Hi ...

De Mulieribus Claris
''De Mulieribus Claris'' or ''De Claris Mulieribus'' (Latin for "Concerning Famous Women") is a collection of biographies of historical and mythological women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccaccio, composed in Latin prose in 1361–1362. It is notable as the first collection devoted exclusively to biographies of women in post-ancient Western literature. At the same time as he was writing ''On Famous Women'', Boccaccio also compiled a collection of biographies of famous men,'' De Casibus Virorum Illustrium'' (''On the Fates of Famous Men''). Purpose Boccaccio claimed to have written the 106 biographies for the posterity of the women who were considered renowned, whether good or bad. He believed that recounting the deeds of certain women who may have been wicked would be offset by the exhortations to virtue by the deeds of good women. He writes in his presentation of this combination of all types of women that he hoped it would encourage virtue and curb vice. Overview The ...
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Theoxena (moth)
''Theoxena'' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1883. Its only species, ''Theoxena scissaria'', was first described by Achille Guenée in 1868. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species has been classified as ''nationally vulnerable'' by the Department of Conservation. Taxonomy It was described by Guenée in 1868 from a specimen obtained in Canterbury by Richard William Fereday and named ''Panagra scissaria''. In 1883 Edward Meyrick placed the species into the newly created genus ''Theoxena''. In 1898 and in 1928 George Vernon Hudson also described and illustrated ''Theoxena scissaria''. The lectotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London. Description Meyrick described the species as follows: Distribution This species is endemic to New Zealand. Its range is in North Canterbury, Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury, Mackenzie, Central Otago and Otago Lakes. Other than the type locality, specimens have been ...
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