Cyrene may refer to:
Antiquity
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Cyrene (mythology)
Cyrene (, ), also spelled Kyrene (, ; ) is a figure in Greek mythology considered the etymon of the Greek colony of Cyrene in eastern Libya in North Africa. She was said to have been a Thessalian princess and huntress who became the queen regn ...
, an ancient Greek mythological figure
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Cyrene, Libya
Cyrene, also sometimes anglicization of names, anglicized as Kyrene, was an ancient Greeks, ancient Greek Greek colonization, colony and ancient Romans, Roman Cities of the Roman Empire, city near present-day Shahhat in northeastern Libya in Nor ...
, an ancient Greek colony in North Africa (modern Libya)
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Crete and Cyrenaica
Crete and Cyrenaica (, ) was a senatorial province of the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire, established in 67 BC, which included the island of Crete and the region of Cyrenaica in modern-day Libya. These areas were settled by Greek colon ...
, a province of the Roman Empire
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Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica ( ) or Kyrenaika (, , after the city of Cyrene), is the eastern region of Libya. Cyrenaica includes all of the eastern part of Libya between the 16th and 25th meridians east, including the Kufra District. The coastal region, als ...
, the region around the city
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Cyrenaics
The Cyrenaics or Kyrenaics (), were a sensual hedonist Greek school of philosophy founded in the 4th century BCE, supposedly by Aristippus of Cyrene, although many of the principles of the school are believed to have been formalized by his gra ...
, an ancient Greek school of philosophy
Modern-day places
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Cyrene, Georgia
Cyrene is an unincorporated community in Decatur County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.
History
A post office called Cyrene was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1938. The community was named after the ancient city of Cyrenaica ...
, a community in the United States
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Cyrene, Missouri
Cyrene is an unincorporated community in southeast Pike County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on US Route 61 approximately six miles southeast of Bowling Green.
History
A post office called Cyrene was established in 1879, and ...
, a community in the United States
Games and TV fiction
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Cyrene (''Xena: Warrior Princess''), a fictional character in the television series ''Xena: Warrior Princess''
* Cyrene (Creative Kingdom), a setting in the online game ''
Entropia Universe
''Entropia Universe'' is a massively multiplayer online (MMORPG) virtual universe designed by the Swedish software company MindArk, based in Gothenburg.
''Entropia'' uses a micropayment business model, in which players may buy in-game curren ...
''
Ships
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''Cyrene'' (steamboat), a steamboat that ran on Puget Sound and Lake Washington, 1891–1912
* , a sailing frigate of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
, sold in 1828 at Bombay
* , a 1944 United States Navy motor torpedo boat tender
Science
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133 Cyrene
133 Cyrene is a fairly large and very bright main-belt asteroid that was discovered by J. C. Watson on 16 August 1873 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and named after Cyrene, a nymph, daughter of king Hypseus and beloved of Apollo in Greek mythology. ...
, an asteroid
* a synonym for ''
Nycerella
''Nycerella'' is a genus (biology), genus of spiders of the jumping spider family, Salticidae.
The genus was renamed from ''Cyrene'' Peckham & Peckham, 1893, because the name was preoccupied.
Species
As of June 2017, the World Spider Catalog li ...
'', a genus of spiders
* Cyrene, a trade name for
dihydrolevoglucosenone
See also
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Cyren (disambiguation)
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Kyrene School District, a K-8 school district in Maricopa County, Arizona
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