• Antigone (Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman that lived in the 4th century BC.

She was the child born to the nobleman Cassander by unnamed mother. Antigone was a relative to the powerful Regent Antipater as she was his niece. Her father and paternal uncle were the sons of Iolaus and through her father Antigone was a distant collateral relative to the Argead dynasty.

Antigone was originally from either Paliura or Eordeaea. Little is known on her life. Antigone married a Greek Macedonian nobleman from obscure origins called Magas who was from Eordeaea. Antigone and Magas lived in Eordeaea and had a daughter called Berenice I of Egypt.

The colony of Antigonia, was named after her and her granddaughter of the same name. Her namesake was the first wife of the Greek King Pyrrhus of Epirus.

Antigone of Macedon

Antigone (Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman that lived in the 4th century BC.

She was the child born to the nobleman Cassander by unnamed mother.[1] Antigone was a relative to the powerful Regent Antipater[2] as she was his niece. Her father and paternal uncle were the sons of Iolaus and through her father Antigone was a distant collateral relative to the Argead dynasty.[3]

Antigone was originally from either Paliura or Eordeaea. Little is known on her life. Antigone married a Greek Macedonian nobleman from obscure origins called Magas who was from Eordeaea.[4] Antigone and Magas lived in Eordeaea and had a daughter called Berenice I of Egypt.[5]

The colony of Antigonia was named after her and her granddaughter of the same name. Her namesake was the first wife of the Greek King Pyrrhus of Epirus.

References[edit]

1.Jump up ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I, Footnote 3
2.Jump up ^ Berenice I article at Livius.org 3.Jump up ^ Ptolemaic Dynasty - Affiliated Lines: The Antipatrids 4.Jump up ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I, Footnote 2 5.Jump up ^ Heckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander’s empire, p. 71

Sources[edit] Berenice I article at Livius.org Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I Ptolemaic Dynasty - Affiliated Lines: Antipatrids W. Heckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander’s empire, Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone_of_Macedon

Antigone of Macedon

Antigone (Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman that lived in the 4th century BC.

She was the child born to the nobleman Cassander by unnamed mother. Antigone was a relative to the powerful Regent Antipater as she was his niece. Her father and paternal uncle were the sons of Iolaus and through her father Antigone was a distant collateral relative to the Argead dynasty.

Antigone was originally from either Paliura or Eordeaea. Little is known on her life. Antigone married a Greek Macedonian nobleman from obscure origins called Magas who was from Eordeaea. Antigone and Magas lived in Eordeaea and had a daughter called Berenice I of Egypt.

The colony of Antigonia was named after her and her granddaughter of the same name. Her namesake was the first wife of the Greek King Pyrrhus of Epirus.

Source :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone_of_Macedon