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  Berenice II of Egypt: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Berenice or berenike (bernik) is a macedonian name, meaning "bearer of victory" (corresponding to greek *phere-nik)....
Coma berenices (latin for berenices hair) is a traditional asterism that has since become a constellation....
Berenice I of Egypt[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject]
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/berenice_ii_of_egypt1.htm   (754 words)

  
 3rd century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
261 BC Antiochus II Theos, 2nd son, at the death of his father becomes emperor of the Seleucid empire.
Ptolemy II Philadelphos (284 BC-246 BC) and his wives Arsinoe I and Arsinoe II Philadelphos.
Ptolemy III Euergetes I (246 BC-222 BC) and his wife Berenice II.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/3rd_century_BC   (399 words)

  
 *** The House of Ptolemy: Kings, Queens, and the Rest of the Royal Ptolemies ***
Berenice IV and Cleopatra Tryphaena on the throne
This relief represents one of the great queens of the Ptolemaic Period, Arsinoe II, who was a strong-minded and influential ruler with her brother/husband Ptolemy II.
Coma Berenices (Bernice's Hair), is the 'hair of Queen Berenice' of Egypt, which became a constellation around 230 BCE.
www.houseofptolemy.org /housekng.htm   (1324 words)

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