The legend of the lost princess Arsinoa is a part of the Kirinian popular culture. Statues and paintings of her are sold in the marketplace, there are plays and poems written about her.
Arsinoa seems to be based on the historic Arsinoë, sister of Cleopatra who was a captive in Julius Caesar's triumph, whose life was spared afterward but who was murdered later.
Kamilla Klaudia, a girl from a noble family, wrote the following poem about Arsinoa.
For Arsinoa
a princess of today greets
the lost princess of the east
they made you march in chains
at the triumph of Julio
they did not kill you then
but waited
until it would be a surprise
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