Arsinoe III

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

Relatives

Arsinoe III

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

Main deeds

Alexandria, Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, Lower tier, Homer crowned by Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III — Detail of "the apotheosis of Homer": Arsinoe III and Ptolemy IV Philopator offer a crown to the poet.

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.