BERENICE

'Berenice' or 'Berenike' (Greek: , ''Berenikē'') is a Macedonian name, meaning "bearer of victory" (corresponding to Greek ''
★ phere-nikē'').
It may refer to:
;People

★ Several Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens in Cyrenaica and Egypt:


Berenice I of Egypt, mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt


Berenice (Seleucid queen), daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos


Berenice II of Egypt, daughter of Magas of Cyrene, wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellation Coma Berenices.


Berenice III of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt. She first married Ptolemy X of Egypt, later Ptolemy XI of Egypt


Berenice IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and elder sister of Cleopatra VII

★ Judean princesses:


Berenice (daughter of Salome), sister of Herod the Great


Berenice of Cilicia, daughter of Agrippa I


Berenice (daughter of Mariamne), daughter of Mariamne (daughter of Herod Agrippa I)
;Places

★ Berenice, the ancient Egyptian name for Benghazi, Libya

★ Ancient ports on the Red Sea:


Berenice Troglodytica, the largest and most famous of these


Berenice Panchrysos, near Sabae


Berenice Epideires, near the mouth of the Red Sea
;Works of authorship

★ ''Bérénice'', a tragedy by French dramatist Jean Racine

''Berenice'' (opera), by George Frideric Händel

Bérénice (Magnard opera), an opera by Albéric Magnard after Racine

"Berenice" (short story), by Edgar Allan Poe
;Rocketry

Berenice (rocket), a series of French experimental rockets
;Botany

Berenice (plant), a plant belonging to the Campanulaceae family

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