Philip (husband of Berenice I of Egypt)
Philip (Greek: Φίλιππος, died c. 318 BC) was a Greek Macedonian nobleman who lived during the 4th century BC.
Early life
Philip was the son of Amyntas by an unnamed mother.
Based on information provided by Plutarch (Pyrrhus 4.4), before Philip married Berenice he was already married and had children from those marriages.[5] The identities of his first wife and children are unknown.
Marriage to Berenice I
In c. 325 BC, Philip married Berenice I as her first husband.[6] Pausanias (1.7.1), criticises his marriage to Berenice I and describes him as "a Macedonian but of no note and of lowly origin". The ancient sources don’t say anything else about him and there is no evidence against this.[7] Philip must have been a nobleman of some social status and influence as he married the great-niece of the powerful Regent Antipater and the grandchild of Antipater’s brother Cassander.[8]
Berenice bore Philip three children:
Death
Philip died of unknown causes. After his death, Berenice and her children travelled to Egypt, where they were a part of the entourage of Berenice’s second maternal cousin Eurydice. Eurydice was then the wife of Ptolemy I Soter. By 317 BC, Berenice married Ptolemy I and became the queen mother of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
As a posthumous honour to Philip, his son Magas, when he served as a priest of the Greek God Apollo, had dedicated an honorific inscription proudly naming him as "the eponymous priest" and "Magas, son of Philip".[12]
Family tree of Philip
Cassander nobleman | Antipater regend of Macedonian Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amyntas | Magas of Macedon | Antigone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Philip military officer | Berenice I | Ptolemy I Soter king of Egypt | Eurydice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Apama II daughter of Antiochus I Soter Seleucid emperor | Magas of Cyrene king of Cyrene | 3.Theoxena | Agathocles tyrant of Syracuse king of Sicily | 2.Alcia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Demetrius the Fair king of Cyrene Antigonid dynasty | Berenice II | Ptolemy III Euergetes king of Egypt | Antigone | 1.Pyrrhus I king of Epirus | (2) Lanassa | 2.Demetrius I Poliorketes king of Macedon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Magas of Egypt | Alexander II king of Epirus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Ancient Library article: Philippus no. 5
- ^ Ancient Library article: Magas no.1
- ^ Arrian, Anab. 14.3
- ^ Ancient Library article: Philippus no. 5
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I, Footnote 6
- ^ "Berenice I article at Livius.org". Archived from the original on 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I, Footnote 5
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Magas of Cyrene, Footnote 2