Berenike
Berenike ( Greek Βερενίκη pherenike "victory bringer", from ancient Greek φέρειν phérein "bring", νίκη níkē "victory") stands for:
- a female given name of Macedonian origin; derived from this the variant Berenice and the first name Veronika
- (653) Berenike , an asteroid of the main belt
- Hair of Berenike , a constellation
Berenike is the name of the following women of antiquity:
- Berenike (fiancee Attalus III.) , Fiancee of King Attalus III. of Pergamon (2nd century BC)
- Berenike of Chios († 71 BC), wife of the Pontic king Mithridates VI.
- Berenike (mother Agrippa) , mother of the Jewish king Herod Agrippa I.
- Berenike (daughter of Agrippa) , daughter of Herod Agrippa I.
- Berenike or Pherenike, daughter of the Olympian Diagoras of Rhodes, see Kallipatira
- Berenike (martyr) , Syrian martyr, Remembrance Day October 4th
in Egypt:
- Berenike I , wife of Ptolemy I (reigned 304–282 BC)
- Berenike the Younger , daughter of Ptolemy II, wife of Antiochus II (ruled 261–246 BC)
- Berenike II , wife of Ptolemy III. (reigned 246–221 BC)
- Cleopatra Berenike III. , Wife of Ptolemy X. and Ptolemy XI. (ruled 81–80 BC)
- Berenike IV. , Regent 58–55 BC Chr.
Berenike is the name of the following ancient places:
- Berenike (Kyrenaika) , port city in the Kyrenaika, today's Libyan Benghazi
- Berenike (Epirus) , town in Epirus, today Kastrosykia on the west coast of the Preveza peninsula
- Berenike (Baranis) , harbor on the southern Red Sea
- Berenike (Ocelis) , Ptolemaic port on the Red Sea, in Bab-el-Mandeb near Ocelis
- Berenike (Deire) , Ptolemaic port on the Red Sea, in Bab-el-Mandeb near Cape Deirê near Djibouti
- Berenike Panchrysos in the Nubian Desert, Egypt
- In Hellenistic times, today's Aqaba, called Aila or Aelana under the Romans
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