Editing Berenice II (section)

====Ruler cult====
In 244 or 243 BCE, Berenice and her husband were incorporated into the Ptolemaic state cults and worshipped as the ''Theoi Euergetai'' (Benefactor Gods), alongside [[Alexander the Great]] and the earlier Ptolemies.<ref name="CB"/><ref name=H49>{{harvnb|Hölbl|2001|p=49}}</ref> Berenice was also worshipped as a goddess on her own, ''Thea Euergetis'' (Benefactor Goddess). She was often equated with [[Aphrodite]] and [[Isis]] and came to be particularly associated with protection against shipwrecks. Most of the evidence for this cult derives from the reign of Ptolemy IV or later, but a cult in her honour is attested in the [[Fayyum]] in Ptolemy III's reign.<ref name=H105>{{harvnb|Hölbl|2001|p=105}}</ref> This cult closely parallels that offered to her mother-in-law, [[Arsinoe II]], who was also equated with Aphrodite and Isis, and associated with protection from shipwrecks. The parallelism is also presented on the gold coinage minted posthumously in honour of the two queens. The coinage of Arsinoe II bears a pair of [[cornucopia]]e on the reverse side, while that of Berenice bears a single cornucopia.

Berenice was also granted the title of [[Vizier (Ancient Egypt)|vizier]], highlighting her position as king's advisor.<ref>Sewell-Lasater, Tara, ''Becoming Kleopatra: Ptolemaic Royal Marriage, Incest, and the Path to the Female Rule'', University of Houston, 2020, p. 166.</ref>