Berenicidae or Berenikidai ( grc, Βερενικίδαι) was a
deme
In Ancient Greece, a deme or ( grc, δῆμος, plural: demoi, δημοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside seem to have existed in the 6th century BC and ear ...
of
ancient Attica, of the ''
phyle
''Phyle'' ( gr, φυλή, phulē, "tribe, clan"; pl. ''phylai'', φυλαί; derived from ancient Greek φύεσθαι "to descend, to originate") is an ancient Greek term for tribe or clan. Members of the same ''phyle'' were known as ''symphylet ...
'' of
Ptolemais, sending one delegate to the
Athenian Boule.
It was established in 224/3 BCE and named after
Berenice II of Egypt
Berenice II Euergetis (267 or 266 BC – 221 BC; , ''Berenikē Euergetis'', "Berenice the Benefactress") was queen regnant of Cyrenaica from 258 BC to 246 BC and co-regent queen of Ptolemaic Egypt from 246 BC to 222 BC as the wife of Ptolemy III.
...
.
[
Its site is unlocated,]Eleusis
Elefsina ( el, Ελευσίνα ''Elefsina''), or Eleusis (; Ancient Greek: ''Eleusis'') is a suburban city and Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in the West Attica regional unit of Greece. It is situated about northwest ...
as inscriptions referring to the place have been found in the vicinity.[
]
References
Populated places in ancient Attica
Former populated places in Greece
Demoi
Lost ancient cities and towns
200s BC establishments
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