Back Лаг (военачалник) Bulgarian Lagos (pare de Ptolemeu) Catalan Lagos (Stammvater der Ptolemäer) German Λάγος (πατέρας του Πτολεμαίου Α΄) Greek Lagos (général macédonien) French Lagosz (I. Ptolemaiosz apja) Hungarian Lagus ID Lago (generale) Italian Lagus LA Lagus Dutch
| Lagus | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4th c. BC |
| Died | 4th c. BC |
| Spouse | Arsinoe of Macedon |
| Issue | Ptolemy I, Pharaoh of Egypt |
| Greek | Λάγος |
| House | Ptolemaic dynasty |
Lagus of Eordaia (Greek Λάγος, Lagos; lived 4th century BC) was a Macedonian courtier and the father of Ptolemy, the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty. He married Arsinoe of the Argead dynasty and a concubine of Philip II, king of Macedon, who was said to have been pregnant at the time of their marriage, forming the basis of Ptolemy as the son of Philip; but it is possible that this is a later myth fabricated to glorify the Ptolemaic dynasty.[1] From an anecdote recorded by Plutarch,[2] it is clear that Lagus was a man of obscure birth; hence, when Theocritus[3] calls Ptolemy a descendant of Heracles, he probably means to represent him as the son of Philip. Lagus and Arsinoe also were parents to Menelaus.