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Berenice (b. 28 CE) was a member of the Herodian dinasty, the daughter of King Herod Agrippa I, and sister of King Herod Agrippa II.

Berenice in ancient sources

Berenice in mentioned both in Jewish sources (Josephus, Acts of Apostles) and in Roman sources (Suetonius)

Berenice in Scholarship

During the Jewish War, Berenice and her brother sided with the Romans, and supported the Flavian rise to imperial power.

Her love story with Titus fueled controversy in Rome and never ended in marriage.

Berenice in Fiction

It is love, not politics, that has attracted the artist's interest in the character of Berenice. In the 17th century, the novel, Lettres de Bérénice à Titus (1642), by Madeleine de Scudéry inaugurated a long series of works of fiction, devoted to the unhappy love story between Titus and Berenice, and produced a masterpiece such as Bérénice (1670 Racine), play. In the 18th and 19th centuries the subject remained highly popular and fostered the extraordinary success of Metastasio's drama, La clemenza di Tito (set to music by more than 40 composers), where however the presence of Berenice was only alluded. In the 20th century, the story was given an anti-Semitic turn by Brasillach who praised the Roman rebellion against Berenice as an example of racial awareness. In recent years, the interest in Berenice have been revived by some French authors.

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 ==Berenice in Fiction==
-It is love, not politics, that has attracted the artist's interest in the character of Berenice. In the 17th century, the novel, Lettres de Bérénice à Titus (1642), by Madeleine de Scudéry inaugurated a long series of works of fiction, devoted to the unhappy love story between Titus and Berenice, and produced a masterpiece such as [[Bérénice (1670 Racine), play]]. In the 18th and 19th centuries the subject remained highly popular and fostered the extraordinary success of Metastasio's drama, La clemenza di Tito (set to music by more than 40 composers), where however the presence of Berenice was only alluded. In the 20th century, the story was given an anti-Semitic turn by Brasillach who praised the Roman rebellion against Berenice as an example of racial awareness. In recent years, the interest in Berenice seems to be limited to some authors of children's books.
+It is love, not politics, that has attracted the artist's interest in the character of Berenice. In the 17th century, the novel, Lettres de Bérénice à Titus (1642), by Madeleine de Scudéry inaugurated a long series of works of fiction, devoted to the unhappy love story between Titus and Berenice, and produced a masterpiece such as [[Bérénice (1670 Racine), play]]. In the 18th and 19th centuries the subject remained highly popular and fostered the extraordinary success of Metastasio's drama, La clemenza di Tito (set to music by more than 40 composers), where however the presence of Berenice was only alluded. In the 20th century, the story was given an anti-Semitic turn by Brasillach who praised the Roman rebellion against Berenice as an example of racial awareness. In recent years, the interest in Berenice have been revived by some French authors.
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