Cyrene may refer to:

Antiquity

Cyrene (mythology) In Greek mythology, Cyrene ( ) or Kyrene ( ; grc, Κῡρήνη, Kyrēnē, sovereign queen), was a Thessalian princess, and later, the queen and ruler of the North African city of Cyrene. According to the myth, the city was founded and named af ...

, an ancient Greek mythological figure *

Cyrene, Libya Cyrene ( ) or Kyrene ( ; grc, Κυρήνη, Kyrḗnē, arb, شحات, Shaḥāt), was an ancient Greek and later Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya. It was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities, known as the pentapol ...

, an ancient Greek colony in North Africa (modern Libya) **

Crete and Cyrenaica Crete and Cyrenaica ( la, Provincia Creta et Cyrenaica, Ancient Greek ) was a senatorial province of the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire, established in 67 BC. It comprised the island of Crete and the region of Cyrenaica in present-day ...

, a province of the Roman Empire **

Cyrenaica Cyrenaica ( ) or Kyrenaika ( ar, برقة, Barqah, grc-koi, Κυρηναϊκή ��παρχίαKurēnaïkḗ parkhíā}, after the city of Cyrene), is the eastern region of Libya. Cyrenaica includes all of the eastern part of Libya between ...

, the region around the city **

Cyrenaics The Cyrenaics or Kyrenaics ( grc, Κυρηναϊκοί, Kyrēnaïkoí), were a sensual hedonist Greek school of philosophy founded in the 4th century BCE, supposedly by Aristippus of Cyrene, although many of the principles of the school are be ...

, an ancient Greek school of philosophy

Modern-day places

Cyrene, Georgia Cyrene is an unincorporated community in Decatur County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History A post office called Cyrene was established in 1894, and remained in operation until 1938. The community was named after the ancient city of Cyrenaica ...

, a community in the United States *

Cyrene, Missouri Cyrene is an unincorporated community in southeast Pike County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on US Route 61 approximately six miles southeast of Bowling Green. History A post office called Cyrene was established in 1879, and r ...

, a community in the United States

Games and TV fiction

* Cyrene (''Xena: Warrior Princess''), a fictional character in the television series ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' * Cyrene (Creative Kingdom), a setting in the online game ''

Entropia Universe ''Entropia Universe'' is a massively multiplayer online (MMORPG) virtual universe designed by the Swedish software company MindArk, based in Gothenburg. ''Entropia'' uses a micropayment business model, in which players may buy in-game curren ...

Ships

* ''Cyrene'' (steamboat), a steamboat that ran on Puget Sound and Lake Washington, 1891–1912 * , a sailing frigate of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...

, sold in 1828 at

Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the '' de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the sec ...

* , a 1944 motor torpedo boat tender

Science

133 Cyrene Cyrene, minor planet designation 133 Cyrene, is a fairly large and very bright main-belt The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. It contains a grea ...

, an asteroid * a synonym for ''

Nycerella ''Nycerella'' is a genus of spiders of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The genus was renamed from ''Cyrene'' Peckham & Peckham, 1893, because the name was preoccupied. Species As of June 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the followin ...

'', a genus of spiders * Cyrene, a trade name for

dihydrolevoglucosenone Dihydrolevoglucosenone (Cyrene) is a bicyclic, Chirality (chemistry), chiral, seven-membered heterocyclic cycloalkanone which is a waste derived and fully biodegradable aprotic dipolar solvent. It is an environmentally friendly alternative to dime ...

Antiquity

Modern-day places

Games and TV fiction

Ships

Science

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