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    Arsinoë II (Koinē Greek: Ἀρσινόη, c. 316 BC – between 270 and 268 BC) was a Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in ancient Egypt. She was previously Queen of...
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    BC. Around 279 BC, Arsinoe II returned to Egypt, where she clashed with her sister-in-law Arsinoe I. Some time after 275 BC, Arsinoe I was charged with...
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  • Arsinoe (Ancient Greek: Ἀρσινόη, romanized: Arsinóē), meaning "elevated mind", may refer to: Arsinoe of Macedon, mother of Ptolemy I Soter Apama II or...
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    Arsinoe I (Ancient Greek: Ἀρσινόη, 305 BC – after c. 248 BC) was queen of Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Arsinoe I was the second daughter...
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    Arsinoë IV (Ancient Greek: Ἀρσινόη; between 68 and 63 BC – 41 BC) was the youngest daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes. One of the last members of the Ptolemaic...
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    Arsinoe III Philopator (Ancient Greek: Ἀρσινόη ἡ Φιλοπάτωρ, Arsinóē hē Philopátо̄r, meaning "Arsinoe the father-loving", 246 or 245 BC – 204 BC) was Queen...
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    sibling marriage of Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II: "Ptolemy Keraunos, who wanted to become king of Macedon ... killed Arsinoë's small children in front of...
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  • Queen of Egypt, Arsinoe II was directly involved in public affairs, war planning, and public and private ritual rites. As Arsinoe II was involved in cult...
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    then Eurydice, and finally Berenice I Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–246 BC) married Arsinoe I, then Arsinoe II; ruled jointly with Ptolemy Epigonos (267–259...
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    Head Attributed to Arsinoe II deified her as an Egyptian goddess. However, the Marble head of a Ptolemaic queen deified Arsinoe II as Hera. Coins from...
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    Ptolemaic Greek Princess Arsinoe II. Arsinoe II married Lysimachus in 300/299 BC and remained with him until his death in 281 BC. Arsinoe II bore Lysimachus three...
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  • Berenice I of Egypt. She had one older sister, Arsinoe II, and a younger brother, the future Pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus. From her parents' previous marriages...
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    reign. This cult closely parallels that offered to her mother-in-law, Arsinoe II, who was also equated with Aphrodite and Isis, and associated with protection...
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  • the Red Sea (Bab-el-Mandeb). The city was founded by Ptolemy II and named for Arsinoe II of Egypt, his wife and sister. Its location is near the modern-day...
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  • Arsinoe (Ancient Greek: Ἀρσινόη) or Arsinoites or Cleopatris (Ancient Greek: Κλεοπατρίς) or Cleopatra, was an ancient city at the northern extremity of...
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    Famagusta (redirect from Arsinoe, Cyprus)
    was known as Arsinoe or Arsinoë (Ancient Greek: Ἀρσινόη, Arsinóē) in antiquity, after Ptolemy II of Egypt's sister and wife Arsinoe II. By the 3rd century...
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    317 BC. Berenice became the mother of Arsinoe II, Philotera, and a son, Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Her son Ptolemy II was recognized as his father's heir...
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    to support Ptolemy II and sealed that decision at some point between 284 and 281 BC by marrying his daughter Arsinoe I to Ptolemy II. Continued conflict...
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  • Stateira II Parysatis II Eurydice II of Macedon Ptolemaic Eurydice Berenice I Arsinoe I Arsinoe II Berenice II Arsinoe III Cleopatra I Syra Cleopatra II Cleopatra...
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  • Thessalian descent. Ptolemy was the first son born to Lysimachus and Arsinoe II. Ptolemy had two younger full-blooded brothers: Lysimachus and Philip...
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    kingship, as initiated by his father Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Ptolemy III was the eldest son of Ptolemy II and Arsinoe I. When Ptolemy III was young, his mother...
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    Tabnit Artemisia II of Caria and her full brother Mausolus Ada of Caria and her full brother Idrieus Arsinoe II and her full brother Ptolemy II Philadelphus...
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    as Arsinoe, the race of the remains being impossible to identify at all, the fact that the remains belonged to a child much younger than Arsinoe when...
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  • (323 – 283 BC), king of Ptolemaic Egypt. Arsinoe was of the Argead dynasty, and originally a concubine of Philip II, king of Macedon, and it is said she was...
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  • Princess who was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Ancient Egypt Arsinoe II. Through Arsinoe II, Berenice was a direct descendant of Cassander, the brother...
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  • Thessalian descent. Lysimachus was the second son born to Lysimachus and Arsinoe II. He was the namesake of his father. Lysimachus had two full-blooded brothers:...
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    Nebuchadnezzar II, also Nebuchadrezzar II, meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir", was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from the death...
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    had a policy of associating herself with Arsinoe II." This policy "included copying the sculptures of Arsinoe's day (early Ptolemaic period) who remained...
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  • the sons born to Ptolemy II from his first wife, Lysimachus’ paternal aunt Arsinoe I. His paternal grandmother was Arsinoe II, a Ptolemaic Greek Macedonian...
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    acceptance of his government among the Persians, Alexander also married Stateira II, the daughter of the deposed Persian king Darius III. After Alexander's sudden...
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