Arsinoe III

Detail of 'the apotheosis of Homer': Arsinoe III and Ptolemy IV Philopator offer a crown to the poet. The stela is in the British Museum.

Arsinoe III (c.†204 BCE): wife of Ptolemy IV Philopator, queen in the Ptolemaic Empire.

Relatives:

Father: Ptolemy III Euergetes
Mother: Berenice II
Husband: her brother Ptolemy IV Philopator
Son: Ptolemy V Epiphanes

Main deeds:

220: Arsinoe marries her brother, king Ptolemy IV Philopator
217: She is present during the battle of Raphia
9 October 210: Birth of Ptolemy V
29 November 205: Ptolemy V is made co-ruler
July or August 204: Death of Ptolemy IV Philopator and accession of Ptolemy V; Arsinoe is killed

Information on the web:

E.R. Bevan, The House of Ptolemy (1927), chapter 7.
A jar of Ptolemy IV Philopator.

Ancient-Warfare.com, the online home of Ancient Warfare magazine

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