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* Arsinoe III, queen of Egypt, sister and wife of the King Ptolemy IV ( assassinated ) ( b. c. 246 BC )
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Arsinoe and III
It shows Ptolemy and his wife or sister Arsinoe III standing beside a seated poet, flanked by figures from the Odyssey and Iliad, with the nine Muses standing above them and a procession of worshippers approaching an altar, believed to represent the Alexandrine Homereion.
The year is stated as the ninth year of Ptolemy V's reign ( equated with 197 / 196 BC ), and it is confirmed by naming four priests who officiated in that same year: Aëtus son of Aëtus was priest of the divine cults of Alexander the Great and the five Ptolemies down to Ptolemy V himself ; his three colleagues, named in turn in the inscription, led the worship of Berenice Euergetis ( wife of Ptolemy III ), Arsinoe Philadelpha ( wife and sister of Ptolemy II ) and Arsinoe Philopator, mother of Ptolemy V. However, a second date is also given in the Greek and hieroglyphic texts, corresponding to, the official anniversary of Ptolemy's coronation.
* The Egyptian boy king, Ptolemy V, is encouraged by a mob clamouring for revenge against the murderers of his mother Arsinoe III to agree to Agathocles being killed.
** Arsinoe III, queen of Egypt, sister and wife of the King Ptolemy IV ( assassinated ) ( b. c. 246 BC )
* The late Egyptian King Ptolemy IV's clique of favourites, led by Sosibius, Ptolemy's chief minister, keeps Ptolemy's death a secret, fearing retribution from the new king Ptolemy V's mother, Queen Arsinoe III.
Although Arsinoe III disapproves of the sordid state of the court, she is unable to exert any influence.
Ptolemy V Epiphanes (, Ptolemaĩos Epiphanḗs, reigned 204 – 181 BC ), son of Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III of Egypt, was the fifth ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
Arsinoe III (, which means " Arsinoe the father-loving ", 246 or 245 BC-204 BC ) was Queen of Egypt ( 220-204 BC ).
Arsinoe and queen
When Arsinoe IV, Egypt's former queen, was paraded in chains, the spectators admired her dignified bearing and were moved to pity.
The former queen, Arsinoe I, is banished to Coptos, a city of Upper Egypt near the Wadi Hammamat, while her rival adopts her children.
* Arsinoe II, queen to Lysimachus, the king of Thrace, and later wife of her brother, King Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt ( b. c. 316 BC )
Among his maternal aunts were queen Arsinoe II of Egypt and among his maternal uncles were pharaoh Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Macedonian King Ptolemy Keraunos ( Keraunos was Ptolemais ’ full blooded brother ).
Arsinoe and Egypt
** December – Battle in Alexandria, Egypt between the forces of Caesar and his ally Cleopatra VII and those of rival King Ptolemy XIII of Egypt and Queen Arsinoe IV.
Marc Anthony gave the island to Cleopatra VII of Egypt and her sister Arsinoe IV, but it became a Roman province again after his defeat at the Battle of Actium ( 31 BC ) in 30 BC.
* February – Roman general Julius Caesar and his ally Cleopatra VII of Egypt defeat the forces of the rival Egyptian Queen Arsinoe IV in the Battle of the Nile.
* Princess Arsinoe IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and probably Cleopatra V of Egypt ( or 68 BC ) ( d. 41 BC )
* Princess Arsinoe IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and probably Cleopatra V of Egypt ( or 67 BC ) ( d. 41 BC )
* Arsinoe IV of Egypt, ( half ) sister and occasional rival of Cleopatra VII of Egypt ( b. 68 or 67 BC )
Arsinoe and sister
Ptolemy V Epiphanes ( reigned 204 – 181 BC ), son of Ptolemy IV Philopator and his wife and sister Arsinoe, had become ruler at the age of five after the sudden death of both of his parents, murdered, according to contemporary sources, in a conspiracy that involved Ptolemy IV's mistress Agathoclea.
To safeguard herself and Caesarion, she had Antony order the execution of her ( half ) sister Arsinoe IV, who is living at the temple of Artemis in Ephesus.
To safeguard herself and Caesarion, she had Antony order the death of her sister Arsinoe, who was living at the temple of Artemis in Ephesus, which was under Roman control.
* Ganymedes ( 1st century BCE ): highly capable adviser and general of Cleopatra VII's sister and rival, Princess Arsinoe.
* The Egyptian King Ptolemy II's first wife, Arsinoe I ( daughter of the late King Lysimachus of Thrace ) is accused, probably at instigation of Ptolemy II's sister ( who also has the name Arsinoe ), of plotting his murder and is exiled by the King.
According to Pindar, the young Orestes was saved by his nurse Arsinoe ( Laodamia ) or his sister Electra, who conveyed him out of the country when Clytemnestra wished to kill him.
Berenice was the daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes and probably Cleopatra V Tryphaena, sister of the famous Cleopatra VII ( lover of Roman Triumvirs Julius Caesar and Mark Antony ), Arsinoe IV, Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV.
One of his poems attacked Ptolemy's marriage to his own sister Arsinoe, from which came the infamous line: " You're sticking your prick in an unholy hole.
Arsinoe lived in the temple for a few years, always keeping a watchful eye on her sister Cleopatra, who saw her as a threat to her power.
Strabo informs us that Ptolemy Philadelphus of Egypt, who enlarged the city, gave it the name of Arsinoe ( Arsinoë ) after Arsinoe II of Egypt, his wife and sister, but it continued to be called by its ancient name, Patara.
* Cleopatra VII of Egypt requested the execution of her sister, Arsinoe IV, which was carried out under the orders of her lover, Mark Antony, in 41 BC.
At an unknown date between after 279 BC-274 / 3 BC, a sister of Ptolemy II called Arsinoe II arrived in Egypt, who was the last wife of Lysimachus and had fled from her half-brother-husband Ptolemy Keraunos.
Afterwards Ptolemy II married his sister Arsinoe II and after the death of Arsinoe II, Ptolemy II ’ s children with Arsinoe I were officially regarded as the children of Arsinoe II.
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