Magas () was a

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nobleman who lived in the 4th century BC. His origin is obscure except that he came from the region of

Eordaea Eordaea (also spelled Eordaia or Eordia, ) was a geographical region of upper Macedonia and later an administrative region of the kingdom of Macedon. Eordaea was located south of Lynkestis, west of Emathia, north of Elimiotis and east of ...

. Little is known about his life. Magas married the noblewoman

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, the child of

Cassander Cassander (; ; 355 BC – 297 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from 305 BC until 297 BC, and '' de facto'' ruler of southern Greece from 317 BC until his death. A son of Antipater and a contemporary of Alexander the ...

and the niece of the powerful

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. 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 The Argead dynasty (), also known as the Temenid dynasty (, ''Tēmenídai'') was an Ancient Macedonians, ancient Macedonian royal house of Dorians, Dorian Greek provenance. They were the founders and the ruling dynasty of the kingdom of Macedoni ...

. After Magas married Antigone, they settled in Eordaea. Antigone bore Magas a daughter, his only known child,

Berenice I of Egypt Berenice I (; c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC) was Queen of Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy I Soter. She became the second queen, after Eurydice of Egypt, Eurydice, of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Ancient Egypt, Egypt. Life Family Berenice was orig ...

. Magas had two namesakes: his grandson

Magas of Cyrene Magas of Cyrene (; born before 317 BC – 250 BC, ruled 276 BC – 250 BC) was a Greek King of Cyrenaica. Through his mother’s second marriage to Ptolemy I he became a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty. He managed to wrest independence for Cy ...

and his great-great-grandson

Magas of Egypt Magas (Greek Mάγας; 241 BC - 221 BC) was a grandson of Magas of Cyrene, being a son of Ptolemy III Euergetes (246–221 BC) and Berenice. He was put to death by his brother Ptolemy IV Philopator (221–204 BC), soon after the accession ...

Family tree of Magas of Macedon

References

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