Editing Arsinoe II (section)

===Early life===
Arsinoë was the first daughter of Pharaoh [[Ptolemy I Soter]], founder of the Hellenistic state of Egypt, and his second wife [[Berenice I of Egypt]].{{sfn|Lorenzi|2010}}

She was maybe born in [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]], but was raised in the new city of [[Alexandria]], where her father moved his capital.{{sfn|Carney|2013|p=16}} Nothing is known of her childhood or education, but judging from her later life as patron of scholars and noted for her learning, she is estimated to have been given a high education.{{sfn|Carney|2013|p=17}} Her brothers were tutored by intellectuals hired by their fathers, and it is regarded likely that she attended these lessons as well: she corresponded with the intellectual [[Strato of Lampsacus]] later in life, and he may have previously been her tutor.{{sfn|Carney|2013}}