Ancient History Competition 38

As if marrying her brother was not bad enough, this queen also married her other brother later! Who was she?

Economic historian and numismatic consultant

4 Comments

  1. Cleopatra VII married her brothers Ptolemy XIII and XIV

  2. And don’t forget Arsinoe II who married a half-brother and then a full-brother (OK, that’s cheating).

  3. To be honest, I had Arsinoe II in mind. And it’s not cheating! The question didn’t specify what kind of brother she married! I just thought that Cleopatra would be too obvious. (As far as I know there is no movie about Arsinoe!)

  4. Maybe not cheating :-) but I was prepared: I recently wrote a two-part post about Arsinoe II on my blog: http://judithweingarten.blogspot.com/2010/08/uppity-queen-arsinoe-ii.html
    and http://judithweingarten.blogspot.com/2010/08/uppity-queen-arsinoe-ii-part-ii.html

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