282: Arsinoe accuses Agathocles, a son of Lysimachus from his earlier marriage to Nicaea), of treason. Agathocles is executed
Agathocles' wife Lysandra flees to Babylon to Seleucus, who sees an opportunity to expand his dominions
Agathocles' wife Lysandra flees to Babylon to Seleucus, who sees an opportunity to expand his dominions
281: In the battle of Corupedium, Seleucus defeats Lysimachus, who is killed. Seleucus adds Lysimachus' realm to his own empire, but is killed almost immediately after by Ptolemy Keraunos (a half-brother of Arsinoe who had left Egypt)
Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II
Ptolemy Keraunos becomes king of Lysimachus' empire in the Aegean world; he marries Arsinoe and kills her sons
Arsinoe flees to Samothrace and, later, to Egypt
Here, she marries her brother, king Ptolemy II, who is from now on surnamed Philadelphus, 'man who loves his sister', which is a more or less neutral expression without incestuous connotations. To an Egyptian, it would be a reference to the divine marriages of gods like Isis and Osiris.
Arsinoe adopts the children of her husband.
268: Death
Arsinoe II
Arsinoe II
Arsinoe II
Arsinoe II
Arsinoe II
Arsinoe II
Arsinoe II
Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II
Literature
S.M. Burstein, "Arsinoe II Philadelphos: A Revisionist View", in W.L. Adams and E.N. Borza (eds.), Philip II, Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Heritage (1982 Washington), pages 197-212
E.D. Carney, "Arsinoe before she was Philadelphos", Ancient History Bulletin 8 (1994), pages 123-131
H. Hauben, "Arsinoé II et la politique extérieure de l' Égypte", in E. Van 't Dack and P. van Dessel (eds.), Egypt and the Hellenistic World (1983 Leuven)
