Autobiography of Berenice I

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Creative but thorough examination of the life of Berenice I, a Macedonian princess who married Ptolemy I, the first king of Egypt after the conquest of Alexander the Great. The paper also describes aspects of royal women's lives in the Hellenistic period and includes excerpts from Egyptian and Greek love poetry. Told in first person from the perspective of Berenice.

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"Homage to thee, Osiris, Lord of eternity, King of the Gods, whose names are manifold, whose forms are holy? Now, mortal, you read the unsung story of your queen, Berenice, who left your world to join the host of gods. I who am called Berenice-Isis mother of Ptolemy, Berenice-Aphrodite, and Berenice Soter rule now among the ranks of Ra Harmakhis; Nut, the Lady of Heaven; and Hathor, Lady of Amentet. Hear now how the great Ptolemy Soter took me for his true, beloved wife. Hear now how I established the court of Ptolemaic Egypt and produced a line of rulers unchallenged through generations until the next great conquest of Egypt by the long-destined Romans."

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