Arsinoe I
Arsinoe I (
Life
Arsinoe I was the second daughter and youngest child born to King Lysimachus and Nicaea of Macedon.[3][4] Her older siblings were Agathocles and Eurydice.[3][4] Her ancestors were powerful—her paternal grandfather was Agathocles of Pella,[5] a nobleman contemporary to King Philip II of Macedon. Her maternal grandfather was the Regent Antipater.[6] Arsinoe I shared a name with her grandmother,[7] though it is unknown whether it was the mother of Lysimachus or of Nicaea as both women remain unnamed in ancient sources.[2] Little is known of her life prior to her marriage.
Queen
Between 289/88
Between after 279-274/3 BC Ptolemy's sister,
As a result of the charges, Ptolemy II convicted Arsinoe I of plotting against him. He repudiated her then exiled her to Coptos in Upper Egypt.[10] It is chronologically plausible that these events were also connected to the banishment of Ptolemy II's niece Theoxena, as Theoxena was sent to the Thebaid,[12] perhaps to Coptos as well.
Afterwards, Ptolemy II married his sister, Arsinoe II, and after her death, his children with Arsinoe I were officially regarded as the children of Arsinoe II.
Later life
Arsinoe I lived in exile for twenty years. During her exile, she lived in great splendour and enjoyed considerable privilege, since she was the former wife of a pharaoh. Her first son with Ptolemy II succeeded his father after his death.[8]
A surviving
Issue
- Ptolemy III Euergetes.
- Lysimachus
- Berenice Phernophorus, married Antiochus II Theos, king of Syria.
References
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Arsinoe I, Footnote 4
- ^ a b "Arsinoe I". Ptolemaic Genealogy., Footnote 10
- ^ a b Bengtson. Griechische Geschichte von den Anfängen bis in die römische Kaiserzeit. p. 569.
- ^ a b Heckel. Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire. p. 175.
- ^ "Lysimachus' article at Livius.org". Archived from the original on 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- ^ Lightman, A to Z of ancient Greek and Roman women, p.233
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Arsinoe I, Footnote 3
- ^ a b Lightman. A to Z of ancient Greek and Roman women. p. 43.
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Arsinoe I
- ^ a b c d e "Arsinoe I". Britannica Online Encyclopedia.
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Arsinoe I, Footnote 7
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Theoxena, Footnote 6 Archived November 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Arsinoe I, Footnote 8
- ^ Slouschz, Nahoum (1942). Thesaurus of Phoenician Inscriptions (in Hebrew). Dvir. pp. 44–45.
- ^ a b c "Arsinoe I". Ptolemaic Genealogy., Footnote 9
Sources
- Bengtson, Hermann (1977). Griechische Geschichte von den Anfängen bis in die römische Kaiserzeit. C.H.Beck.
- "Ptolemaic Genealogy: Arsinoe I". Tyndale House.
- "Arsinoe I". Britannica Online Encyclopedia.
- "Ptolemaic Genealogy: Theoxena". Tyndale House. Archived from the original on 2011-11-26.
- "Lysimachus". Livius.org. Archived from the original on 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- Heckel, Waldemar (2006). Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Lightman, M.; Lightman, B. (2007). A to Z of ancient Greek and Roman women. Infobase Publishing (Google eBook).