Βερνίκη

Βερνίκη, ης, ἡ (colloq. abbreviation IG III, 2618, 1; PPetr III, 1 II, 7; PTebt 407, 14 for Βερενίκη [s. Gignac I 306]; Tat. 10, 1; Polyaenus 8, 50; OGI 263, 2; 717, 6; Sb 307, 1; 438, 2; s. also Preisigke, Namenbuch; Acta Pilati 7=ASyn. 95, 90) Bernice, daughter of Agrippa I and sister of Agrippa II and Drusilla, b. 28, d. after 79 A.D.. She lived in marital relations w. various men, incl. her brother Agrippa. Both visited Festus in Caesarea Ac 25:13, 23; 26:30. Chief sources: Joseph., index Niese; Tacit., Hist. 2, 2 and 81; Sueton., Tit. 7; Juvenal, Sat. 6, 156–60; OGI 428, 3.—Schürer I 450f; 474–76; 479; 485; 571f; Wilcken, Pauly-W. III 287ff; MWahl, De Regina Berenice 1893; EMireaux, La reine Bérénice ’51; Boffo, Iscrizioni p. 338 (lit.); Hemer, Acts 173; 238.—M-M.