BERENICE II

(c. 273–221 BC)

   Daughter of King Magas of Cyrene and Apama. She was engaged to Ptolemy III, but her mother attempted to marry her to a Macedonian prince against whom she led a revolt ending in his execution. She married the Egyptian king in 246 BC. Berenice II was the mother of Ptolemy IV, who apparently had her killed shortly after his accession.

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see Ptolemy II.

(b. 28)

   Judean woman, eldest daughter of Herod Agrippa I. She married her uncle Herod of Chalcis. After his death in 48 she was suspected of incest with her brother Herod Agrippa II and was induced to marry Polemon II of Cilicia. In 60 she rejoined Herod Agrippa II and supported his efforts to suppress the revolt against Rome. She fled with him to the protection of the Romans and became the mistress of Titus. Because of the adverse reaction of the Roman populace, she was forced to part from Titus.