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Magas
(587 words)

(Μάγας; Mágas).

[German version]

[1] Father of Berenice

Father of Berenice [1].

Bibliography

Geyer, s.v. M., RE 14, 292f.

[German version]

[2] Administrator of Cyrenaea, 3rd cent. BC

M. was born no later than 320 BC as the son of Philippus and Berenice [1], perhaps the brother of Theoxene (PP VI 14511), who married Agathocles [2] after 300 (there was no adoption by Ptolemy I: SEG 18, 743; on a house belonging to…

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Ameling, Walter (Jena), “Magas”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e716670>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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