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Berenice
[ ber-uh-nahy-see ]
noun
- a first name: from a Greek word meaning “bringer of victory.”
Example Sentences
Yadira Alvarez said her 16-year-old daughter, Berenice Felipe, who died on the boat, was in her last year of high school.
She was the focal point in all of these, but this season’s entry, a “Bérénice” directed by Romeo Castellucci at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, goes much further.
Under the circumstances, don’t expect to actually hear much of “Bérénice,” a 1670 tragedy by Jean Racine that is widely considered one of the greatest plays in French.
Racine’s play offers a classic choice between love and duty: Titus, who is about to become the emperor of Rome, lives with Bérénice, the queen of Judaea.
Custom dictates that a foreigner cannot become empress, however, and Titus renounces their love, leaving Bérénice shattered.
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