Arsinoe, mother of Ptolemy I
Greek · mortal · classical · Recorded classification
Mother of Ptolemy I and wife of Lagus. Satyrus names Meleager as her father in a dynastic pedigree; this claimed ancestry is kept distinct from independently established historical parentage. Her proposed maternity of Menelaus is an inference.
Parentage
Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.
No parents recorded in the default.
Parentage accounts
Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.
- Satyrus: transmitted divine ancestryOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
Claimed divine ancestry; fraction unquantified because the account is incomplete.
- father: Meleager, father of ArsinoeSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
Complete cited pedigree (22 ancestral accounts)
- Meleager, father of ArsinoeOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: BocrusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- BocrusThe quotation places Bocrus directly after Amyntas. Bennett notes a chronological gap and a conjecture of omitted generations; those conjectures are not inserted here. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Amyntas I of MacedonSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Amyntas I of MacedonOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Alcetas I of MacedonSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Alcetas I of MacedonOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Aeropus I of MacedonSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Aeropus I of MacedonOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Philip I of MacedonSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Philip I of MacedonThe transmitted quotation omits Argaeus between Perdiccas and Philip. Herodotus 8.139 is preserved as a separate account. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Perdiccas I of MacedonSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Perdiccas I of MacedonOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: TyrimmasSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- TyrimmasOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Coenus of MacedonSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Coenus of MacedonOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Caranus of MacedonSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Caranus of MacedonOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: AristodamidasSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- AristodamidasOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: AcousSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- AcousOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Thestius, son of MaronSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Thestius, son of MaronOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Maron, son of CeisusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Maron, son of CeisusOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: CeisusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- CeisusOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: TemenusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- TemenusOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: AristomachusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- AristomachusOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: CleodaeusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- CleodaeusOnly the named father is supplied by this passage; the mother remains unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: HyllusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- HyllusOnly the parents named in the transmitted passage are included. Missing coparents remain unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: HeraclesSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- mother: DeianiraSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- HeraclesThe quoted pedigree explicitly calls Heracles son of Zeus but does not name his mother. Other accounts remain separately available. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: ZeusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- DeianiraThe pedigree names Dionysus and Althaea; the Oeneus account is preserved separately. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: DionysusSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- mother: AlthaeaSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- AlthaeaOnly the parents named in the transmitted passage are included. Missing coparents remain unknown. This is a dynastic ancestry claim, not established biological history.
- father: Thestius of AetoliaSatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
Children
Children in alternative accounts
- Menelaus, son of Lagus: Lagus and Arsinoe — inferred maternityChris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Menelaus, notes 1-3 (including P.Hib. I 84a and P.Eleph. 2) (secondary)
- Ptolemy I Soter: Satyrus: transmitted divine ancestrySatyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- Ptolemy I Soter: Lagus and Arsinoe — conventional parentageSatyrus, FGrH 631 F 2, preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (primary)
- Ptolemy I Soter: Philip II and Arsinoe — reported alternativeSatyrus, FGrH 631 F 2, preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (primary); Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.6.2 (primary)
Relations
- father (dynastic pedigree): Meleager, father of ArsinoeNamed parent in the Satyrus pedigree; select that account to display the claimed lineage.Satyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary); Satyrus, FGrH 631 F 2, preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (primary)
- child (dynastic pedigree): Ptolemy I SoterNamed child in the Satyrus pedigree; this claim does not alter conventional default parentage.Satyrus, dynastic genealogy preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (Greek text) (primary)
- spouse: LagusMarriage of Lagus and Arsinoe.Satyrus, FGrH 631 F 2, preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (primary); Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.6.2 (primary)
- mother of: Ptolemy I SoterMother of Ptolemy Soter.Satyrus, FGrH 631 F 2, preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (primary)
- proposed son: Menelaus, son of LagusThe maternity is a modern reconstruction, not an explicit ancient statement.Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Menelaus, notes 1-3 (including P.Hib. I 84a and P.Eleph. 2) (secondary)
Sources
- Arsinoe is mother of Ptolemy Soter and daughter of Meleager in the transmitted dynastic pedigree.: Satyrus, FGrH 631 F 2, preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (primary)
- Maternity of Menelaus is inferred from the known marriage, not directly attested.: Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Menelaus, notes 1-3 (including P.Hib. I 84a and P.Eleph. 2) (secondary)