ARSINOE OF MACEDONIA
'Arsinoe' (in Greek Aρσινόη; lived 4th century BC) was the mother of Ptolemy I Soter (323–283 BC), king of Egypt, was originally a concubine of Philip II, king of Macedon, and it is said she was given by Philip to Lagus, a Macedonian, while she was pregnant with Ptolemy. Ptolemy was regarded by the Macedonians as the son of Philip.
★ Smith, William (editor); ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', "Arsinoe (1)", Boston, (1867)
Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'', i. 6; Curtius Rufus, ''Historiae Alexandri Magni'', ix. 8; ''Suda'', s.v. "Lagos"
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References
★ Smith, William (editor); ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', "Arsinoe (1)", Boston, (1867)
Notes
Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'', i. 6; Curtius Rufus, ''Historiae Alexandri Magni'', ix. 8; ''Suda'', s.v. "Lagos"
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