Lysimachus (son of Ptolemy II)

Lysimachos ( Greek Λυσίμαχος ; † around 222/221 BC) was a prince of the Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt .

Lysimachus was the second legitimate born son of King Ptolemy II and Arsinoë I ; his older brother was the successor in the kingdom Ptolemy III. He was named after his maternal grandfather, the Diadoch ruler Lysimachos . Shortly after the reign of his nephew Ptolemy IV (222-205 BC), Lysimachus fell victim to an assassination attempt by the influential court minister Sosibios, as did his sister-in-law Berenike II and his nephew Magas .

literature

Walter Ameling : Lysimachus [4]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 7, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01477-0 .
Werner Huss : Egypt in the Hellenistic Period 332-30 BC Chr. Beck, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-406-47154-4 , p. 265; 307; 383.

Web links

Christopher Bennett biography

Remarks

↑ Scholion to Theocritus 17, 128.
↑ Polybios : Historíai. 15, 25, 1-2 ( English translation ).

personal data
SURNAME	Lysimachus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Son of Ptolemy II.
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	around 222/221 BC Chr.

[1] Scholion to Theocritus 17, 128.

[2] Polybios : Historíai. 15, 25, 1-2 ( English translation ).