Arsinoe (), meaning "elevated mind", may refer to:

People

Arsinoe of Macedon Arsinoe of Macedon (; lived 4th century BC) was an ancient Macedonian noblewoman and the mother of Ptolemy I Soter (323 – 283 BC), king of Ptolemaic Egypt. Arsinoe was of the Argead dynasty, and originally a concubine of Philip II, king o ...

, mother of Ptolemy I Soter *

Apama II Apama II, sometimes known as Apame II (, about c. 292 BC–sometime after 249 BC) was a Syrian Greek princess of the Seleucid Empire, queen of Cyrenaica by marriage to King Magas of Cyrene. Life Apama II was a daughter of the second Seleucid kin ...

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 language, Greek: Λυσίμαχος, ''Lysimachos''; c. 360 BC – 281 BC) was a Thessaly, Thessalian officer and Diadochi, successor of Alexander the Great, who in 306 BC, became king of Thrace, Anatolia, Asia Minor and Mace ...

or his first wife Nicaea of Macedon *

Arsinoe I Arsinoe I (, 305 BC – after c. 248 BC), Footnote 10 was queen of Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Life Arsinoe I was the second daughter and youngest child born to King Lysimachus and Nicaea of Macedon. Her older siblings were Ag ...

(305 BC–247 BC) of Egypt *

Arsinoe II Arsinoë II (, 316 BC – between 270 and 268 BC) was Queen consort of Thrace, Anatolia, and Macedonia by her first and second marriage, to king Lysimachus and king Ptolemy Keraunos respectively, and then Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egy ...

(316 BC–270 BC) of Egypt *

Arsinoe III of Egypt Arsinoe III Philopator (, ''Arsinóē hē Philopátо̄r'', meaning "Arsinoe the father-loving", 246 or 245 BC – 204 BC) was Queen of Ptolemaic Egypt in 220 – 204 BC. She was a daughter of Ptolemy III and Berenice II and spouse of her brothe ...

(c. 246 BC–204 BC) *

Arsinoe IV of Egypt Arsinoë IV (; between 68 and 63 BC – 41 BC) was the youngest daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes. One of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she claimed title of Queen of Ptolemaic Egypt and co-rulership with her brother Ptolemy XIII in 48 ...

(died 41 BC), half-sister of Cleopatra VII *

Arsinoe (mythology) In Greek mythology, Arsinoe, sometimes spelled Arsinoë, (Ancient Greek: Ἀρσινόη), was the name of the following individuals. * Arsinoe, one of the Nysiads (Dodonides), nurses of the infant Dionysus in Nysa (mythology), Mount Nysa. * Arsin ...

, name of multiple Greek mythological figures

Places

Arsinoe (Cilicia) Arsinoe () was a city on the coast of ancient Cilicia between Anemurium and Kelenderis; the site is near the modern city of Bozyazı, Mersin Province, Turkey. Strabo mentions Arsinoe as having a port. In the 19th century, William Martin Leake pla ...

Arsinoe (Crete) Arsinoe (Greek: ) was a Hellenistic era city in Crete known primarily from the coins it minted. Though its location is not entirely certain, numismatic evidence suggests that it was a Ptolemaic refounding of the city of Rhithymna. This evidence ...

* Arsinoe (Northwest Cyprus) * Arsinoe (Southwest Cyprus) *

Arsinoe (Gulf of Suez) Arsinoe (), meaning "elevated mind", 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 Lysimac ...

, a port of Egypt *

Arsinoe (Eritrea) Arsinoe (), sometimes called Arsinoe Epidires, was an ancient city of the Avalitæ, at Dire promontory in Eritrea, north of Berenice Epideires, and near the entrance of the Red Sea (Bab-el-Mandeb). The city was founded by Ptolemy II and named fo ...

* Conope (Greece) or Arsinoe *

Ephesus Ephesus (; ; ; may ultimately derive from ) was an Ancient Greece, ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, in present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of Apasa, the former Arzawan capital ...

, also called Arsinoe *

Faiyum Faiyum ( ; , ) is a city in Middle Egypt. Located southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. It is one of Egypt's oldest cities due to its strategic location. Name and etymology Originally f ...

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

Famagusta Famagusta, also known by several other names, is a city located on the eastern coast of Cyprus. It is located east of the capital, Nicosia, and possesses the deepest harbour of the island. During the Middle Ages (especially under the maritime ...

(Cyprus) or Arsinoe * Coressia (Greece), called Arsinoe in the Hellenistic period *

Methana Methana (, ) is a town and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality on the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Troizinia-Methana, of which it is a municipal ...

(Greece), called Arsinoe in the Ptolemaic period * Olbia (Egypt) or Arsinoe *

Patara (Lycia) Patara (, Lycian language, Lycian: 𐊓𐊗𐊗𐊀𐊕𐊀, ''Pttara''; ) was an ancient and flourishing maritime and commercial city that was for a period the capital of Lycia. The site is located on the Turkish coast near to the village of G ...

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 ...

(Libya) or Arsinoe *

Arsinoes Chaos Arsinoes Chaos is a chaos terrain in the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle on Mars. It is 200 km in diameter. Its location is 7.66 °S and 27.9 °W. Arsinoes Chaos was named after Arsinoe, a queen of ancient Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy and Berenice. ...

, located in the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle on Mars

Literature

* Arsinoe, a character in ''

Le Misanthrope ''The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover'' (; ) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris by the King's Players. The play satirizes the ...

'' by Molière * Arsinoe, a character in ''

The Etruscan ''The Etruscan'' (original title ''Turms, kuolematon'' which translates to ''Turms, Immortal'') is a novel by Mika Waltari, published in 1956, telling of the adventures of a young man, Turms, which begins approximately in 480 BC. It tells of the ...

'' by Mika Waltari * Arsinoe, a character in '' Three Dark Crowns'' by Kendare Blake *

Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus ''Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus'' by Thomas Clayton was the first Italian-style opera (in English) to be staged in England. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 16 January 1705. There were various historical women named Arsinoe, but from ...

, a 1705 English opera

Other uses

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

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