Magas as king of Cyrene, circa 282/75 to 261 BC. Rev: Palm tree and small silphium and crab symbols.
King of Cyrenaica
Reign
276–250 BC[1]
Predecessor
Ophellas (local ruler) Ptolemy II Philadelphus (as Pharaoh of Egypt)
Successor
Berenice II (as Queen) and Demetrius the Fair (as King)
Co-regent
Berenice II[2] (from 258 BC)
Born
c. 320 BC[3] Macedon
Died
250 BC Cyrene
Spouse
Apama II
Issue
Berenice II
House Dynasty
Kings of Cyrene Ptolemaic dynasty
Father
Philip
Mother
Berenice
Religion
Greek polytheism
Magas of Cyrene (Greek: Μάγας ὁ Κυρηναῖος; 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 Cyrenaica (in modern Libya) from the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty of Ancient Egypt, and became King of Cyrenaica from 276 BC to 250 BC.
^Howard, Michael C. (2014-01-10). Transnationalism in Ancient and Medieval Societies: The Role of Cross-Border Trade and Travel. McFarland. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7864-9033-2. Magas of Cyrene (Libya, r. 276–250 B.C.),
^Branko van Oppen de Ruiter (2016-02-03). Berenice II Euergetis: Essays in Early Hellenistic Queenship. Springer. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-137-49462-7. Remarkably, Berenice was hailed basilissa on coins even in her father's lifetime,
^Berenice II and the Golden Age of Ptolemaic Egypt, Dee L. Clayman, Oxford University Press, 2014, p.30 sq.
MagasofCyrene (Greek: Μάγας ὁ Κυρηναῖος; born before 317 BC – 250 BC, ruled 276 BC – 250 BC) was a Greek King of Cyrenaica. Through his mother’s second...
meaning unmarried. According to coins of Berenice, the accession of Berenice as queen ofCyrene was in 258 BCE. King Magas died in circa 250 BCE. At this point...
Syrian Greek princess of the Seleucid Empire, queen of Cyrenaica by marriage to King MagasofCyrene. Apama II was a daughter of the second Seleucid king...
she became the mother of King MagasofCyrene, Antigone, who married King Pyrrhus of Epirus; and a daughter called Theoxena. Magas dedicated an inscription...
daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos Berenice II of Egypt (267 or 266 BC – 221 BC), daughter ofMagasofCyrene, wife...
historical sources as Demetrius ofCyrene, was a Hellenistic king ofCyrene, who succeeded Magas I. Demetrius was of Macedonian ancestry. He was surnamed...
the conquests of Alexander the Great. Its mentions Antiochos II, Ptolemy II, Antigonos II Gonatas, MagasofCyrene and Alexander II of Epirus. Now, it...
item of trade from the ancient North African city ofCyrene, and was so critical to the Cyrenian economy that most of their coins bore a picture of the...
dynasty. After Magas married Antigone, they settled in Eordaea. Antigone bore Magas a daughter, his only known child, Berenice I of Egypt. Magas had two namesakes:...
Arcesilaus IV 465–440 BC MagasofCyrene 276–250 BC Berenice II (Queen) 258–246 BC, alongside a series of her co-rulers: Magas, Demetrius and a republican...
Ptolemy VIII Physcon Ptolemy Apion (c.120-96 BC), son of Ptolemy VIII. Last Ptolemaic king ofCyrene. Cleopatra III Philometor Soteira Dikaiosyne Nikephoros...
ideas recalling the Buddhist doctrine of suffering: he lived in the city ofCyrene where Magas ruled, the same Magas under whom the Dharma prospered according...
Magas (Greek Mάγας; 241 BC - 221 BC) was a grandson ofMagasofCyrene, being a son of Ptolemy Euergetes (246–221 BC) and Berenice. He was put to death...
engagement of Ptolemy III to Berenice had been intended to lead to the reunification of Egypt and Cyrene after Magas' death. However, when Magas died in...
kings of Macedonia. The children by his mother Berenice's first marriage to Philip included MagasofCyrene and Antigone, the wife of Pyrrhus of Epirus...
Ptolemaic king of Egypt Ptolemy II Philadelphus and from 276 BC the independent king MagasofCyrene, are both claimed to have been recipients of Buddhist missionaries...
refer to: Arsinoe of Macedon, mother of Ptolemy I Soter Apama II or Arsinoe (c. 292 BC–after 249 BC), wife ofMagasofCyrene and mother of Berenice II Arsinoe...
executed for rebellion. Laodice Apama II, who married MagasofCyrene and was mother of Berenice II of Egypt. Stratonice II, who married her nephew/cousin...
philosophers, such as Hegesias ofCyrene, who probably lived under the rule of King Magas, one of the supposed recipients of Buddhist emissaries from Asoka...
Septuagint. Following the death of the King ofCyrene, Magas, Queen Apama II, Magas' widow, and Antigonus II arrange the marriage of Antigonus' half-brother Demetrius...
declared King of Macedonia. The Romans under Manius Curius Dentatus conquer the Lucanians. MagasofCyrene marries Apama, the daughter of Antiochus and...
diadoch dynasty of the Lagids, better known as the Ptolemaic dynasty. It briefly gained independence under MagasofCyrene, stepson of Ptolemy I, but was...
series of her co-rulers: Magas, Demetrius and a republican government Demetrius the Fair 250–249 BC Republican government 249–246 BC In 249 BC Cyrene again...
University of Alexandria, regarding Archeometry research and contextual sectors. Number of Greeks according to the Census in Egypt. Greeks ofCyrene (the Cyrenaica...
control of Ptolemy I and formed part of the breakaway kingdom ofMagasofCyrene after 276 BC. In 246 BC, during the power struggle following Magas' death...
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