BERENICE I

(c. 340–278/7 BC)

   Daughter of Magas and Antigone and wife of a Macedonian named Philip by whom she had several children. She came to Egypt with Eurydice, second wife of Ptolemy I, and soon became the mistress and then wife of the king. Berenice I was the mother of his successor, Ptolemy II, and his sister-wife, Arsinoe II.

(fl. late 1st cent BCE)

   Judean woman, daughter of Salome. She married her cousin Aristobulus. After his death she married Theudion, brother-in-law of Herod the Great. She was the mother of Herod Agrippa I.