Lagus
Greek · mortal · classical · Recorded classification
Macedonian husband of Arsinoe and conventional father of Ptolemy I. The alternative Philip II paternity report concerns Ptolemy, not Menelaus, who is attested as a son of Lagus.
Children
Children in alternative accounts
- Menelaus, son of Lagus: Lagus — mother unnamedChris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Menelaus, notes 1-3 (including P.Hib. I 84a and P.Eleph. 2) (secondary)
- 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 parentagePausanias, Description of Greece 1.1.1 (primary); Satyrus, FGrH 631 F 2, preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (primary)
Relations
- 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: Arsinoe, mother of Ptolemy IMarriage 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)
- father of: Ptolemy I SoterConventional Lagid parentage.Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.1.1 (primary); Satyrus, FGrH 631 F 2, preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (primary)
- father of: Menelaus, son of LagusAttested patronymic.Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Menelaus, notes 1-3 (including P.Hib. I 84a and P.Eleph. 2) (secondary)
Sources
- Conventional paternity of Ptolemy I and marriage to Arsinoe.: Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.1.1 (primary); Satyrus, FGrH 631 F 2, preserved in Theophilus, To Autolycus 2.7 (primary); Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.6.2 (primary)
- Menelaus is attested as son of Lagus.: Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Menelaus, notes 1-3 (including P.Hib. I 84a and P.Eleph. 2) (secondary)