Magas (Greek: Mάγας) was a Greek Macedonian nobleman that lived in the 4th century BC. His origin is obscure except that he came from the region of Eordaea.[1] Little is known on 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 born 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Antigone of Epirus ∞ Pyrrhus I of Epirus | Theoxena Elder ∞ Agathocles tyrant of Syracuse, king of Sicily | Magas of Cyrene king of Cyrene 276-250 BC ∞ Apama II of Seleucids | Philotera deified | Ptolemy II Philadelphus king of Egypt ∞ 1.Arsinoe I 2.Arsinoe II | Arsinoe II ∞ 1.Lysimachus of Thrace 2.Ptolemy Keraunos king of Macedonia 3.Ptolemy II Philadelphus | Ptolemy Keraunos king of Macedon 281-279 BC ∞ Arsinoe II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ptolemy military officer | Olympias II ∞ Alexander II of Epirus | Archagathus epistates of Cyrene ∞ Oenanthe | Theoxena Younger | Berenice II ∞ 1.Demetrius the Fair king of Cyrene 250-249 BC 2.Ptolemy III Euergetes | (1) Ptolemy III Euergetes king of Egypt ∞ Berenice II | (1) Lysimachus prince | (1) Berenice ∞ Antiochus II Theos emperor of Seleucid Empire | (1) Ptolemy Epigonos kng of Telmessos | (1) Lysimachus prince | (1) Philip prince | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phthia ∞ Demetrius II of Macedon 239-229 BC | Pyrrhus II king of Epirus 242-238 BC | Ptolemy king of Epirus 238-235 BC | Agathocles ∞ Oenanthe | (2) Magas of Egypt died 20 y.o. | Arsinoe III | Ptolemy IV Philopator king of Egypt | Lysimachus king of Telmessos | Epigonos prince | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I, Footnote 2 Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 Heckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander’s empire, Wiley-Blackwell, 2006, p.71
- 1 2 Ptolemaic Dynasty – Affiliated Lines: The Antipatrids Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine