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

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Antipater
regent of
Macedonian Empire
Cassander
nobleman
from Paliura
Cassander
king of Macedonia
305-297 BC
Antigone of MacedonMagas of Macedon
nobleman
from Eordaea
Alexander V
king of Macedon
297-294 BC
Philip
nobleman
from Macedonia
Berenice IPtolemy 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 YoungerBerenice 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 IIIPtolemy IV Philopator
king of Egypt
Lysimachus
king of Telmessos
Epigonos
prince

References

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