Magas of Egypt
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Magas (in Greek Mαγας; lived 3rd century BC) was a grandson of Magas of Cyrene, being a son of Ptolemy Euergetes (246–221 BC) and Berenice. He was put to death by his brother Ptolemy Philopator (221–204 BC), soon after the accession of the latter, at the instigation of Sosibius.1
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- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Magas (2)", Boston, (1867)
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1 Polybius, Histories, v. 34, xv. 25
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
