Location
Berenice
- Title
- grc Berenice
- grc Βερενίκη
- lat Berenicis
- eng Benghazi
- Description
- Berenice was a coastal city of western Cyrenaica, located at modern Benghazi in Libya. Founded in the third century BCE, it replaced the earlier Greek colony of Eusperides, which had been centered a short distance to the northeast. Berenice was named in honor of Berenice of Cyrene, the queen of Ptolemy III Euergetes.
- Latitude
- 32.12452
- Longitude
- 20.06425
Linked resources
Archaeological Atlas of Coptic Literature
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