Antigone of Macedonia

Antigone of Macedonia (* 4th century BC in Macedonia ; † unknown) was the daughter of Kassandros , the brother of the Macedonian general Antipatros . Her otherwise unknown husband was probably called Magas , to whom she gave birth to the daughter Berenike I , who later became the wife of the Egyptian King Ptolemy I.

literature

Leonhard Schmitz: Antigone . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . tape 1 : Abaeus – Dysponteus . Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1870, p. 186 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Ulrich Wilcken : Antigone 5) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2404.

Remarks

↑ Scholion zu Theokritos , Idyllen 17, 61.
↑ Scholion zu Theokritos, Idyllen 17, 34. The name of Antigone's husband is corrupted in the Scholion. In addition to the form of the name Magas , the variant Lagos was also considered, in which latter case Antigone's daughter Berenike would have been the half-sister of Ptolemy I; see Christopher Bennett: Berenice I , note 2 .

personal data
SURNAME	Antigone of Macedonia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Daughter of Kassander, brother of Antipater
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century BC Chr.
PLACE OF BIRTH	Macedonia
DATE OF DEATH	4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr.

[1] Scholion zu Theokritos , Idyllen 17, 61.

[2] Scholion zu Theokritos, Idyllen 17, 34. The name of Antigone's husband is corrupted in the Scholion. In addition to the form of the name Magas , the variant Lagos was also considered, in which latter case Antigone's daughter Berenike would have been the half-sister of Ptolemy I; see Christopher Bennett: Berenice I , note 2 .