Berenice ( grc, Βερενίκη, ''Bereníkē'') is the
Ancient Macedonian form of the
Attic Greek
Attic Greek is the Greek language, Greek dialect of the regions of ancient Greece, ancient region of Attica, including the ''polis'' of classical Athens, Athens. Often called classical Greek, it was the prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige diale ...
name ''Pherenikē'', which means "bearer of victory" . Berenika, priestess of
Demeter
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (; Attic: ''Dēmḗtēr'' ; Doric: ''Dāmā́tēr'') is the Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth. Although s ...
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
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Berenice I of Egypt
Berenice I ( grc-gre, Βερενίκη; c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC) was Queen of Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy I Soter. She became the second queen, after Eurydice, of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.
Life Family
Berenice was originally f ...
( – between 279 and 268 BC), mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt
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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
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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
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Berenice IV of Egypt (77–55 BC), daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and elder sister of Cleopatra VII
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Berenice (Seleucid queen) (died 246 BC), daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos
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Berenice (daughter of Ptolemy II of Telmessos) (3rd to 2nd century BC), great-granddaughter of
Ptolemy Epigonos
Judean princesses
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Berenice (daughter of Salome) (1st century BC), daughter of
Salome I, a sister of
Herod the Great. and mother of
Herod Agrippa
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Berenice (28–?), a daughter of Herod Agrippa, wife of
Herod of Chalcis until 48, then spent much of her life at the court of her brother,
Herod Agrippa II
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Berenice (after 50–?), daughter of another daughter of Herod Agrippa I
Saints
* Berenice, also known as
Saint Veronica, 1st-century saint from Jerusalem
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Domnina, Berenice, and Prosdoce, 4th-century Christian martyrs
Others
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Berenice of Chios Berenice of Chios ( grc-gre, Βερενίκη ''Bereníke''; died about 72/71 BC) was an obscure Greek noblewoman from the Greek island of Chios who became the third wife of King Mithridates VI of Pontus.
Biography
In 86 BC, Mithridates VI, throu ...
(d. 72/71 BC), third wife of
Mithridates VI of Pontus
Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator ( grc-gre, Μιθραδάτης; 135–63 BC) was ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's most formidable and determined opponents. He was an e ...
* The daughter in the
Exorcism of the Syrophoenician woman's daughter
Modern era
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Berenice Abbott
Berenice Alice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991) was an American photographer best known for her portraits of between-the-wars 20th century cultural figures, New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and ...
(1898–1991), American photographer
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Bérénice Bejo (born 1976), French-Argentine actress
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Berenice Celeyta
Berenice Celeita Alayon (sometimes spelled 'Celeyta') is a Colombian human rights activist. She is the president of the ''Asociacion Para la Investigacion y Accion Social'' (NOMADESC), which investigates regional human rights abuses. In 1998, she w ...
, Colombian human rights activist
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Bérénice Marlohe, (born 1979), French actress
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Maé-Bérénice Méité, French figure skater
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Bernice Williams
Bernice Williams is an American songwriter and music business manager, who wrote the 1960s song "Duke of Earl" along with Gene Chandler and Earl Edwards. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002 and is in The Rock and Roll Hall ...
, American raunchy blues singer
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Berenice Sydney
Berenice Sydney (1944–1983), born Berenice Frieze, and professionally known as 'Berenice', was a British artist who produced a substantial body of work from 1964 until her death in 1983. Her oeuvre consists of paintings on canvas and paper, d ...
(1944–1983), English artist
References
Sources
Berenice Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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