Magas

Role: uterine brother of Ptolemy; governor of Cyrene · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 6

Magas was the son of Berenice and Philip, and the uterine brother of Philadelphus. Chosen by his mother to govern Cyrene, he later persuaded its people to revolt from Philadelphus and marched with an army toward Egypt.

At Egypt, Magas, who was married to Apame, persuaded Antiochus to break the conditions his father Seleucus had made with Philadelphus and lead an army into Egypt.

Relationship record

Life events

• Magas persuaded Cyrene to revolt from Ptolemy and marched toward Egypt.(Book 1 · Chapter 7 · 📍 Cyrene)
  • With: Philadelphus
  • “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.”
• Magas persuaded Antiochus to violate Seleucus’s conditions with Ptolemy and invade Egypt.(Book 1 · Chapter 7 · 📍 Egypt)
  • With: Antiochus (son of Seleucus) Philadelphus
  • “And Magas being the husband of Apame, the daughter of Antiochus the son of Seleucus, persuaded Antiochus to violate the conditions which his father Seleucus had made with Ptolemy, and to lead an army into Egypt.”

Book 1 · Chapter 6

• parent: Berenice “Magas the son of Berenice”

Book 1 · Chapter 7

• siblings with Philadelphus “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.”
• parent: Berenice “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.”
• parent: Philip (father of 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.”
• married with Apame “And Magas being the husband of Apame, the daughter of Antiochus the son of Seleucus, persuaded Antiochus to violate the conditions which his father Seleucus had made with Ptolemy, and to lead an army into Egypt.”
• with Antiochus (son of Seleucus) (Magas persuaded Antiochus to violate his father's conditions and invade Egypt.) “And Magas being the husband of Apame, the daughter of Antiochus the son of Seleucus, persuaded Antiochus to violate the conditions which his father Seleucus had made with Ptolemy, and to lead an army into Egypt.”
• enemies with Philadelphus “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.