Berenice

{{About|the feminine name}}

Berenice ({{langx|grc|Βερενίκη}}, Bereníkē) is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name {{lang|grc|Φερενίκη}} Pherenikē, which means "bearer of victory" {{etymology|grc|φέρω (pherō)|to bear||νίκη (nikē)|victory}}.[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2319823 Berenike, Liddell and Scott, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus] Berenika, priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC, is the oldest epigraphical evidence.Lete [http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions/oi?ikey=153433&bookid=172®ion=4&subregion=11 Epigraphical Database]{{cite book|title=Macedonian Institutions Under the Kings: A historical and epigraphic study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qTRBAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Kentron Hellēnikēs kai Rōmaïkēs Archaiotētos|isbn=978-960-7094-90-2}} The Latin variant Veronica is a direct transliteration. The name also has the form Bernice.

Many historical figures bear the name Berenice:

Ancient world

=Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens and royal daughters in Cyrenaica and Egypt=

  • Berenice I of Egypt ({{circa|340 BC}} – between 279 and 268 BC), mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt
  • Berenice Syra ({{circa|275 BC}} – 246 BC), daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos
  • Berenice II of Egypt (267 or 266 BC – 221 BC), daughter of Magas of Cyrene, wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellation Coma Berenices
  • Berenice III of Egypt (120–80 BC), daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt; she first married Ptolemy X of Egypt, and later Ptolemy XI of Egypt
  • Berenice IV of Egypt (77–55 BC), daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and elder sister of Cleopatra VII

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Modern era

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