Berenice
Role: wife of Ptolemy · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 6
Antipater sent Berenice into Egypt as a companion to Eurydice. There, Ptolemy fell in love with her, and “so enamoured was he of her that he had children by her”; she became his wife and the mother of Magas and Ptolemy, his son by Berenice rather than Eurydice.
In Book 1, Chapter 7, Magas is described as the son of Berenice and Philip, a Macedonian commoner. Her son Magas, whom she had chosen to govern Cyrene, persuaded its people to revolt from Ptolemy and marched with an army for Egypt.
Relationship record
Book 1 · Chapter 6
- child: Magas “Magas the son of Berenice”
- married with Ptolemy (son of Lagus) “Magas the son of Berenice, who was at this time the wife of Ptolemy”
- admirer: Ptolemy (son of Lagus) “fell in love with Berenice, (whom Antipater had sent into Egypt as a companion to Eurydice), and so enamoured was he of her that he had children by her”
- courtship with Ptolemy (son of Lagus) “yet fell in love with Berenice, (whom Antipater had sent into Egypt as a companion to Eurydice)”
- with Antipater (Macedonian statesman) (Antipater sent Berenice to Egypt.) “Berenice, (whom Antipater had sent into Egypt as a companion to Eurydice)”
- with Eurydice (They were companions.) “Berenice, (whom Antipater had sent into Egypt as a companion to Eurydice)”
- child: Philadelphus “willed to reign over Egypt Ptolemy, (from whom the Athenians name one tribe), his son by Berenice and not by Eurydice”
Book 1 · Chapter 7
- child: Magas “And Magas the uterine brother of Ptolemy, (being the son of Berenice and one Philip, a Macedonian but one of the common people and otherwise unknown), who had been chosen by his mother to be governor of Cyrene, at this time persuaded the people of Cyrene to revolt from Ptolemy and marched with an army for Egypt.”
- with Philip (father of Magas) (interaction) “And Magas the uterine brother of Ptolemy, (being the son of Berenice and one Philip, a Macedonian but one of the common people and otherwise unknown), who had been chosen by his mother to be governor of Cyrene, at this time persuaded the people of Cyrene to revolt from Ptolemy and marched with an army for Egypt.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.