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Arsinoe II of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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ARSINOE II QUEEN OF EGYPT AND LIBYA Shortly thereafter her mother died, followed by her father in 283 and her husband in 281. Arsinoe's three sons' lives were in danger as potential threats to Ptolemy II.
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The story of Arsinoe II's life is much like a Greek tragic play. It is filled with death, greed, and intrigue. King Ptolemy I, Arsinoe's father had a son (Ptolemy II) the current king of Egypt. If that is not surprisingly enough, he was married to King Lysimachus' daughter Arsinoe I (282-247 B...
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Arsinoe II Arsinoe II (British Museum) S.M. Burstein, "Arsinoe II Philadelphos: A Revisionist View", in W.L. Adams and E.N. Borza (eds.), Philip II, Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Heritage (1982 Washington), pages 197-212...
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Arsinoe II1, daughter of Ptolemy I and Berenice I 2, born c. 3163, married thrice. Arsinoe II was incorporated in the dynastic cult with Ptolemy II in year 13 (Mac.) = 273/2 or 14 (Mac.) = 272/1 as the Sibling Gods, Qeoi Adelfoi16.
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Arsinoe II:Arsinoe II, coin, 270–250 bc; in the British MuseumCourtesy of the trustees of the British Museumdaughter of Berenice and Ptolemy I Soter, founder of the Macedonian (Ptolemaic) dynasty in Egypt; Arsinoe II. (2008). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved July 27,
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Head attributed to Arsinoe II, This small head of a queen is thought to have been created in the early part of the reign of the Macedonian Greek Ptolemies and is believed to depict Arsinoe II (278–270 B.C.), sister/wife of Ptolemy II, one of a line of religiously and politically important Ptolemaic queens.
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Arsinoe II - Christopher Bennett's annotated Egyptian Royal Genealogy provides detailed references & sources. The Greek inscription reads: Arsinoes Philadelphou ["of Arsinoe Philadelphus"]. For high resolution images of this and other coins of Arsinoë II see Ancient Coinage of Egypt,
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Ptolemy II had a joint reign with his sister and wife Arsinoe II, dominated on the military front by several wars in Syria. Small chapel for Arsinoe II (Arnold 1999: 158)
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Arsinoe II (Greek: Αρσινόη) (316 BC-July 270 BC), queen of Thrace and Macedonia and later co-ruler of Egypt with her brother and husband Ptolemy II of Egypt. She was the daughter of king Ptolemy I Soter (Greek : Πτολεμαίος Σωτήρ, which means savior), the founder of the Hellenistic...
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