Cyrene
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Cyrene may refer to:
  • Cyrene (mythology)
    Cyrene (mythology)
    In Greek mythology, as recorded in Pindar's 9th Pythian ode, Cyrene was the daughter of Hypseus, King of the Lapiths. When a lion attacked her father's sheep, Cyrene wrestled with the lion. Apollo, who was present, immediately fell in love with her and kidnapped her. He took her to North...

    , a Greek mythological figure
  • Cyrene, Libya
    Cyrene, Libya
    Cyrene was an ancient Greek colony and then a Roman city in present-day Shahhat, Libya, the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name Cyrenaica that it has retained to modern times.Cyrene lies in a lush valley in the Jebel Akhdar...

    , an ancient Greek colony in North Africa
  • USS Cyrene (AGP-13), a motor torpedo boat tender
  • 133 Cyrene
    133 Cyrene
    133 Cyrene is a fairly large and very bright main-belt asteroid. It is an S-type.It was discovered by J. C. Watson on August 16, 1873, and named after Cyrene, a nymph, daughter of king Hypseus and beloved of Apollo in Greek mythology....

    , an asteroid
  • Cyrene (Xena)
    Cyrene (Xena)
    Cyrene is a fictional character in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess. She was portrayed by the actress Darien Takle.- Character history :...

    , a fictional character in the Xena TV series
  • Cyrene (steamboat)
    Cyrene (steamboat)
    Cyrene was a steamboat that operated initially on Puget Sound and later on Lake Washington from 1891 to about 1912. Cyrene and another similar vessel Xanthus were somewhat unique in that they had clipper bows and were both originally built as yachts.-Construction and launching:Cyrene was built in...

    , a steamboat that ran on Puget Sound and Lake Washington from 1891 to about 1912
  • Cyrene (Creative Kingdom), a setting in the online game Entropia Universe
    Entropia Universe
    Entropia Universe is a massively multiplayer online 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 currency with real money that can be redeemed back into real world funds at a...


See also

  • Cyrenaica
    Cyrenaica
    Cyrenaica is the eastern coastal region of Libya.Also known as Pentapolis in antiquity, it was part of the Creta et Cyrenaica province during the Roman period, later divided in Libia Pentapolis and Libia Sicca...

    , the region around Cyrene, archaic city, Libya
  • Kyrene School District
    Kyrene School District
    Kyrene School District is a K-8 school district that serves parts of Tempe, Chandler, Guadalupe, and Phoenix, Arizona, as well as portions of the Gila River Indian Community within Maricopa County. It has nineteen elementary schools and six middle schools. The district office, the Ben Furlong...

    , a K-8 school district in Maricopa County, Arizona
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