Magas of Macedon
Magas (Greek: Mάγας) was a Greek Macedonian nobleman who lived in the 4th century BC. His origin is obscure except that he came from the region of Eordaea.[1] Little is known about his life.
Magas married the noblewoman Antigone, the child of Cassander and the niece of the powerful regent Antipater.[2] His marriage to Antigone reveals that Magas was a nobleman of some social status and influence as he married a close relation to the powerful regent and his wife was a distant collateral relative to the Argead dynasty.[3] After Magas married Antigone, they settled in Eordaea. Antigone bore Magas a daughter, his only known child, Berenice I of Egypt.[2][3] Magas had two namesakes: his grandson Magas of Cyrene and his great-great-grandson Magas of Egypt.
Family tree of Magas of Macedon
| Antipater regent of Macedonian Empire | Cassander nobleman from Paliura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cassander king of Macedonia 305-297 BC | Antigone of Macedon | Magas of Macedon nobleman from Eordaea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alexander V king of Macedon 297-294 BC | Philip nobleman from Macedonia | Berenice I | Ptolemy I king of Egypt | Eurydice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) Ptolemy Epigonos kng of Telmessos | (1) Lysimachus prince | (1) Philip prince | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Epigonos prince | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I, Footnote 2". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05.
- ^ a b Heckel (2006). Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 71.
- ^ a b "Ptolemaic Dynasty – Affiliated Lines: The Antipatrids". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.