Arsinoe grc, Ἀρσινόη, Arsinoë, pronounced Arsinoi in modern Greek, may refer to:

People

* Arsinoe of Macedon, mother of Ptolemy I Soter * Apama II or Arsinoe (c. 292 BC–after 249 BC), wife of Magas of Cyrene and mother of Berenice II * Arsinoe, probable mother of

Lysimachus Lysimachus (; Greek: Λυσίμαχος, ''Lysimachos''; c. 360 BC – 281 BC) was a Thessalian officer and successor of Alexander the Great, who in 306 BC, became King of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedon. Early life and career Lysimachus was b ...

or his first wife Nicaea of Macedon * Arsinoe I (305 BC–247 BC) of Egypt * Arsinoe II (316 BC–270 BC) of Egypt * Arsinoe III of Egypt (c. 246 BC–204 BC) * Arsinoe IV of Egypt (died 41 BC), half-sister of Cleopatra VII * Arsinoe (mythology), name of multiple mythological figures

Places

* Arsinoe (Cilicia) * Arsinoe (Crete) *

Arsinoe (Northwest Cyprus) Arsinoe (Greek: ) was an ancient city in northwestern Cyprus built on top of the older city, Marion (Greek: ); some ancient writers conflate the two cities. Ptolemy I Soter destroyed the town of Marion in 312 BCE and removed some inhabitants ...

Arsinoe (Southwest Cyprus) Arsinoe ( grc, Ἀρσινόη) was a city in southwestern ancient Cyprus, lying between Old and New Paphos, with a harbour, temple, and sacred grove described by Strabo. The city was founded by Ptolemy Philadelphus ; egy, Userkanaenre Merya ...

Arsinoe (Gulf of Suez) Arsinoe (Greek language, Greek: ) or Arsinoites or Cleopatris or Cleopatra, was an ancient city at the northern extremity of the Gulf of Suez, Heroopolite Gulf (Gulf of Suez), in the Red Sea. History Arsinoe was the capital of the Heroopolite nome ...

, a port of Egypt * Arsinoe (Eritrea) *

Conope Conope or Konope ( grc, Κωνώπη) and later, Arsinoe (Ἀρσινόη) or Arsinoia (Ἀρσινοί̈α or Ἀρσινοΐα), was a city of ancient Aetolia, in Greece, near the eastern bank of the Achelous River, and 20 stadia from the ford of ...

(Greece) or Arsinoe *

Ephesus Ephesus (; grc-gre, Ἔφεσος, Éphesos; tr, Efes; may ultimately derive from hit, 𒀀𒉺𒊭, Apaša) was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in t ...

, also called Arsinoe * Faiyum (Egypt), also called Arsinoe or Crocodilopolis, seat of the Roman Catholic titular bishopric Arsinoë in Arcadia *

Famagusta Famagusta ( , ; el, Αμμόχωστος, Ammóchostos, ; tr, Gazimağusa or ) is a city on the east coast of Geography of Cyprus, Cyprus. It is located east of Nicosia District, Nicosia and possesses the deepest harbour of the island. Duri ...

(Cyprus) or Arsinoe *

Coressia Coressia or Koressia ( grc, Κορησσία), also spelt Coresia or Koresia (Κορησία), also known as Coressus and Arsinoe (Ἀρσινόη), was a town of Ceos, and functioned as the harbour of Iulis. Near it was a temple of Apollo Sminthe ...

(Greece), called Arsinoe in the Hellenistic period * Methana (Greece), called Arsinoe in the Ptolemaic period * Olbia (Egypt) or Arsinoe * Patara (Lycia) or Arsinoe *

Taucheira Tocra, Taucheira or Tukrah, is a town on the coast of the Marj District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya, founded by Cyrene. It lay 200 stadia west of Ptolemais. Today it is a coastal town west of Marj. History Founded by the G ...

(Libya) or Arsinoe * Arsinoes Chaos, located in the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle on Mars

Literature

* Arsinoe, a character in '' Le Misanthrope'' by Molière * Arsinoe, a character in '' The Etruscan'' by Mika Waltari * Arsinoe, a character in '' Three Dark Crowns'' by Kendare Blake * Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus, a 1705 English opera

Other uses

* ''Arsinoe'' (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae * 404 Arsinoë, an asteroid

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