Arsinoe

Arsinoe Ancient Greek: Ἀρσινόη, romanized: Arsinoë, pronounced Arsinoi in modern Greek, may refer to:

People

  • Arsinoe of Macedon, mother of Ptolemy I Soter
  • Apama II or Arsinoe (c. 292 BC–after 249 BC), wife of Magas of Cyrene and mother of Berenice II
  • Arsinoe, probable mother of Lysimachus or his first wife Nicaea of Macedon
  • Arsinoe I (305 BC–247 BC) of Egypt
  • Arsinoe II (316 BC–270 BC) of Egypt
  • Arsinoe III of Egypt (c. 246 BC–204 BC)
  • Arsinoe IV of Egypt (died 41 BC), half-sister of Cleopatra VII
  • Arsinoe (mythology), name of multiple mythological figures

Places

  • Arsinoe (Cilicia)
  • Arsinoe (Crete)
  • Arsinoe (Northwest Cyprus)
  • Arsinoe (Southwest Cyprus)
  • Arsinoe (Gulf of Suez), a port of Egypt
  • Arsinoe (Eritrea)
  • Conope (Greece) or Arsinoe
  • Ephesus, also called Arsinoe
  • Faiyum (Egypt), also called Arsinoe or Crocodilopolis, seat of the Roman Catholic titular bishopric Arsinoë in Arcadia
  • Famagusta (Cyprus) or Arsinoe
  • Coressia (Greece), called Arsinoe in the Hellenistic period
  • Methana (Greece), called Arsinoe in the Ptolemaic period
  • Olbia (Egypt) or Arsinoe
  • Patara (Lycia) or Arsinoe
  • Taucheira (Libya) or Arsinoe
  • Arsinoes Chaos, located in the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle on Mars

Literature

  • Arsinoe, a character in Le Misanthrope by Molière
  • Arsinoe, a character in The Etruscan by Mika Waltari
  • Arsinoe, a character in Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
  • Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus, a 1705 English opera

Other uses

  • Arsinoe (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae
  • 404 Arsinoë, an asteroid

See also

  • Arsinoi, a community in Messenia
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