Philip (father of Magas)

Role: father of Magas · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 7

In Book 1, Chapter 7, Philip is described as “a Macedonian but one of the common people and otherwise unknown,” and as the father of Magas with Berenice. Berenice chose Magas, the uterine brother of Ptolemy, to govern Cyrene; Magas then persuaded the people of Cyrene to revolt from Ptolemy and marched with an army toward Egypt.

Relationship record

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 Berenice (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.