BERENICE, B. C.340 B.C., D. 281 or 271 B.C., Consort and Half Sister of Ptolemy I, King of Ancient Egypt

bĕrənīˈsē, b. c.340 b.c., d. 281 or 271 b.c., consort and half sister of Ptolemy I, king of ancient Egypt. A Macedonian, she was the widow of Philip, one of the officers of Alexander the Great, and was by this marriage the mother of Magas, king of Cyrene; Antigone, wife of Pyrrhus of Epirus; and Theoxena, wife of Agathocles, ruler of Syracuse. Berenice, whose portrait appears with that of Ptolemy on many medals, was the mother by him of Ptolemy II and Arsinoë II.

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Berenice , B. C.340 B.C., D. 281 or 271 B.C., Consort and Half Sister of Ptolemy I, King of Ancient Egypt
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