what is cyrene
Cyrene (/saÉªËriËniË/ ; Ancient Greek: ÎºÏÏÎ®Î½Î· KyrÄnÄ) was an ancient Greek and Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya. It was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region.yrene is referred to in the deuterocanonical book 2 Maccabees. The book of 2 Maccabees itself is said by its author to be an abridgment of a five-volume work by a Hellenized Jew by the name of Jason of Cyrene who lived around 100 BC.