Lysandra

Family: Egyptian · Role: wife of Agathocles · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 9

Lysandra was the daughter of Ptolemy Lagus and Eurydice, and the sister of Arsinoe and Ptolemy the brother of Lysandra. In Book 1, Chapter 9, she became the wife of Agathocles, and they had children.

In Chapter 10, Lysandra fled to Seleucus with her sons and brothers, then sought refuge with Ptolemy the brother of Lysandra.

Relationship record

Agathocles received Lysandra as his wife.(Book 1 · Chapter 9)
- With: Agathocles
- “And when he returned he brought with him for Agathocles a wife in Lysandra, the daughter of Ptolemy Lagus and Eurydice.”
Lysandra fled with her family to Seleucus and then sought refuge with Ptolemy.(Book 1 · Chapter 10)
- With: Seleucus Ptolemy the brother of Lysandra
- “Lysandra fled to Seleucus, taking with her her sons and brothers, and in consequence of what had happened they fled for refuge to Ptolemy.”

married with Agathocles “And when he returned he brought with him for Agathocles a wife in Lysandra, the daughter of Ptolemy Lagus and Eurydice.”
parent: Ptolemy (son of Lagus) “Lysandra, the daughter of Ptolemy Lagus and Eurydice.”
parent: Eurydice “Lysandra, the daughter of Ptolemy Lagus and Eurydice.”

siblings with Arsinoe “Arsinoe Lysandra’s sister”
with Agathocles (They had children together.) “although his son Agathocles had children by Lysandra”
with Seleucus (Lysandra sought refuge with Seleucus.) “Lysandra fled to Seleucus, taking with her her sons and brothers”
with Ptolemy the brother of Lysandra (Lysandra and the other fugitives sought refuge with Ptolemy.) “in consequence of what had happened they fled for refuge to Ptolemy”
with Alexander (son of Lysimachus) (Alexander appealed to Lysandra and recovered Lysimachus's corpse.) “after much entreaty to Lysandra recovered his corpse”

Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.