Arsinoe
Arsinoe (Ancient Greek: Ἀρσινόη), sometimes spelled 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 (died 204 BC)
- Arsinoe IV of Egypt (died 41 BC), half-sister of Cleopatra VII
Places
- Arsinoe (Cilicia)
- Arsinoe (Crete)
- Arsinoe (Northwest Cyprus)
- Arsinoe (Southwest Cyprus)
- Arsinoe (Gulf of Suez), a port of Egypt
- Arsinoe (Eritrea)
- Faiyum (Egypt), also called Arsinoe or Crocodilopolis
- Famagusta (Cyprus) or Arsinoe
- Konope (Greece) or Arsinoe
- 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.
Mythology
- Arsinoe or Laodamia, nurse of Orestes
- Arsinoe, daughter of Leucippus and possible mother of Asclepius by Apollo
- Arsinoe or Alphesiboea, daughter of Phegeus, king of Psophis, and wife of Alcmaeon
- Arsinoe, one of the Minyades, according to Plutarch
- Arsinoe, one of the Nysiads
- Arsinoe, daughter of Nicocreon, loved by Arceophon
Literature
- Arsinoe, a character in Le Misanthrope by Molière
- Arsinoe, a character in The Etruscan by Mika Waltari
Other uses
- Arsinoe (genus), a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae
- 404 Arsinoë, an asteroid
See also
- Arsinoi, a community in Messenia
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