The Most Famous
COMPANIONS from Libya
This page contains a list of the greatest Libyan Companions. The pantheon dataset contains 784 Companions, 1 of which were born in Libya. This makes Libya the birth place of the 46th most number of Companions behind Syria, and Lithuania.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Libyan Companions of all time. This list of famous Libyan Companions is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Berenice II of Egypt (-267 - -221)
With an HPI of 63.44, Berenice II of Egypt is the most famous Libyan Companion. Her biography has been translated into 34 different languages on wikipedia.
Berenice II Euergetis (267 or 266 – 221 BCE; Greek: Βερενίκη Ευεργέτις, Berenikē Euergetis, "Berenice the Benefactress") was queen regnant of Cyrenaica from 258 to 246 BCE and co-regent queen of Ptolemaic Egypt from 246 to 222 BCE as the wife of Ptolemy III. She married Demetrius, thus giving him the throne of Cyrenaica, on the death of her father Magas in 250/249 BCE. After a short power struggle with her mother, Berenice married her half-cousin Ptolemy III, the third ruler of the Ptolemaic kingdom. This marriage led to the re-incorporation of Cyrenaica into the Ptolemaic empire. As queen of Egypt, Berenice participated actively in government, was incorporated into the Ptolemaic state cult alongside her husband and worshipped as a goddess in her own right. She is best known for sacrificing her hair as a votive offering, which led to the constellation Coma Berenices being named after her. Berenice was murdered by the regent Sosibius shortly after the accession of her son Ptolemy IV Philopator in 221 BCE.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Libyan companions born between 267 BC and 267 BC. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Libyan companions include Berenice II of Egypt.
