Magas of Macedon explained

Magas (el|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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I, Footnote 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005211349/http://www.tyndalehouse.com/egypt/ptolemies/berenice_i_fr.htm . 2011-10-05 .
  2. Book: Heckel. Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander's empire. Wiley-Blackwell. 2006. 71.
  3. Web site: Ptolemaic Dynasty – Affiliated Lines: The Antipatrids. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716100716/http://www.tyndalehouse.com/Egypt/ptolemies/affilates/aff_ptolemies.htm . 2011-07-16 .