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

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

1. "Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I, Footnote 2". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05.
2. Heckel (2006). Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 71.
3. "Ptolemaic Dynasty – Affiliated Lines: The Antipatrids". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.