Lagus, son of Ptolemy I
Greek · mortal · hellenistic · mortal
Son of Ptolemy I and Thais in Athenaeus, distinct from Ptolemy’s father Lagus. Usually identified with the Macedonian Lagus son of Ptolemy in a Lycaean chariot-victor inscription, conventionally dated 308/307 BCE. The inscription does not name his mother. His birth and death dates and the birth order of the brothers are unknown.
Parentage
- father: Ptolemy I SoterPaternity is explicitly attributed by Athenaeus.Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 13.576d-e (C. D. Yonge translation, 1854) (primary)
- mother: ThaisMaternity is explicitly attributed by Athenaeus.Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 13.576d-e (C. D. Yonge translation, 1854) (primary)
Variant accounts
- disputed identificationBevan proposed reading Leontiscus and Lagus as two names for one son. Bennett rejects that conjecture; the transmitted list and the separate epigraphic Lagus remain the basis for two records.E. R. Bevan, The House of Ptolemy (1927), chapter II, pp. 52-53 (secondary); Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Leontiscus, notes 2-4 (secondary); IG V,2 550, column III, lines 7-9 (PHI Greek Inscriptions transcription) (primary)
Relations
- father: Ptolemy I SoterPaternity is explicitly attributed by Athenaeus.Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 13.576d-e (C. D. Yonge translation, 1854) (primary)
- mother: ThaisMaternity is explicitly attributed by Athenaeus.Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 13.576d-e (C. D. Yonge translation, 1854) (primary)
- sibling: LeontiscusAthenaeus lists both as children of Ptolemy and Thais; no birth order is asserted.Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 13.576d-e (C. D. Yonge translation, 1854) (primary)
- sibling: Eirene, daughter of Ptolemy IAthenaeus lists both as children of Ptolemy and Thais; no birth order is asserted.Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 13.576d-e (C. D. Yonge translation, 1854) (primary)
Sources
- Lagus is named as a son of Ptolemy I and Thais alongside Leontiscus and Eirene.: Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 13.576d-e (C. D. Yonge translation, 1854) (primary)
- A Lycaean victor list names a Macedonian Lagus son of Ptolemy in the two-horse chariot event; identifying him with this son is the modern prosopographical interpretation.: IG V,2 550, column III, lines 7-9 (PHI Greek Inscriptions transcription) (primary); Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Lagus, son of Thais, notes 2-4 (secondary)
- Bevan conjectured that Lagus and Leontiscus were one person; Bennett rejects the proposed emendation.: E. R. Bevan, The House of Ptolemy (1927), chapter II, pp. 52-53 (secondary); Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Leontiscus, notes 2-4 (secondary)