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	Cyrene
		According to Greek mythology, Cyrene (Kyrene) was the daughter of the naiad Creusa and the mortal Hypseus, king of the Lapiths.
		Magas ruled until his death in 250 BC "suffocated by his own bulk" and was succeeded by Demetrius the Fair, the son of Demetrius Poliorcetes, one of the Diadochi.
		Cyrene 's port at Apollonia was recognized as an independent city, and the region of Cyrenaica became known as the Pentapolis or the land of the five cities.
	www.geocities.com /syrtica/cyrene.html (3279 words)

	Informat.io on Magas Of Cyrene
		Magas was the son of Berenice and Philip, a Macedonian noble man, before Berenice remarried with the powerful Ptolemy I, founder of the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt.
		Magas was a half-brother to their son, Ptolemy II Philadelphos, the second Ptolemy ruler of Egypt.
		Magas at least managed to maintain the independence of Cyrene until his death in 250 BCE, upon which the kingdom was almost immediately reabsorbed by Ptolemaic Egypt.
	www.informat.io /?title=magas-of-cyrene (229 words)

	cyrene libya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Cyrene was founded in c.630 BCE as a colony of the Greek island town Thera, which had become too crowded.
		Although Cyrene was founded after a treaty with the natives, the relations between the Greeks and Libyans were often strained, and the settlers sometimes felt threatened.
		From Cyrene, the cult spread to the Greek mainland, and was especially propagated by the famous poet Pindar (522-445).
	morejan.com /libyansites/cyrene.htm (1572 words)

	Cyrene
		Cyrene (or Kyrene), the ancient Greek city (in present-day Libya) was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region and gave eastern Libya the classical name 'Cyrenaica' that it has retained to modern times.
		Cyrene Vase of Arcesilaus: Weighing of Silphium in the presence of King Arcesilaus II of Cyrene 560-c.
		Cyrene is the birthplace of the philosophers Aristippus, Callimachus, Carneades, Eratosthenes and Synesius; the latter, a convert to Christianity, died Bishop of Ptolemais.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Cities/Cyrene.html (816 words)

	Magas of Cyrene - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Magas received the governorship of Cyrene from his mother Berenice.
		Magas is mentionned in the Edicts of Ashoka, as one of the recipients of the Indian Emperor Ashoka's Buddhist prozelitism, although no Western historical record of this event remain:
		Magas and Alexander rule, likewise in the south among the Cholas, the Pandyas, and as far as Tamraparni (Sri Lanka)." (Edicts of Ashoka, 13th Rock Edict, S. Dhammika).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magas_of_Cyrene (419 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Cyrene
		She was the daughter and successor of King Magas of Cyrene.
		The chief cities of Cyrenaica on the northern coast of Africa (Apollonia, Arsinoë, Berenice, Cyrene, and Ptolemaïs) were thus called from the 4th cent.
		The burdens and blessings of flness: the story of Simon of Cyrene teaches us that our destiny as fl people is tied up with Jesus and his cross.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Cyrene&StartAt=1 (691 words)

	Cyrenean Greeks, 630-74 BC (I/56)
		In subsequent years, Cyrene and its port at Apollonia (Marsa Sousa) became the chief town of the Lybian region between Egypt and Carthage, and traded with all the major Greek cities, reaching the height of its prosperity in the 5th century BC.
		Cyrene was beseiged, and at the height of the seige, a republican coup within the city prompted the oligarchs and upper class to flee, many taking refuge with Thibron and others trekking to Egypt to plead for Ptolemaic intervention.
		Cyrene's port at Apollonia was recognized as an independent city, and the region of Cyrenaica became known as the Pentapolis or the land of the five cities.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/armies/I56.html (1801 words)

	Magas of Cyrene
		Magas was the son of Berenice and Philip, a Macedonian noble man, before Berenice remarried with the powerful Ptolemy I, founder of the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt.
		Magas was a half-brother to their son, Ptolemy II Philadelphos, the second Ptolemy ruler of Egypt.
		Magas then married Apama, the daughter of the Seleucid king Antiochus I, and used his marital alliance to foment a pact to invade Egypt.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/MagasOfCyrene.html (283 words)

	Ptolemy II - LoveToKnow 1911
		His brother Ptolemy Ceraunus found compensation by becoming king in Macedonia in 281, and perished in the Gallic invasion of 280-79 (see Brennus).
		Magas of Cyrene opened war on his half-brother (274), and Antiochus I., the son of Seleucus, desiring Palestine, attacked soon after.
		Two or three years of war left Egypt the dominant naval power of the eastern Mediterranean; the Ptolemaic sphere of power extended over the Cyclades to Samothrace, and the harbours and coast towns of Cilicia Trachea ("Rough Cilicia"), Pamphylia, Lycia and Caria were largely in Ptolemy's hands (Theoc.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Ptolemy_II (377 words)

	Cyrenean Greeks - Variant DBA 24e
		During the rein of the third king, Battus the Happy, however, the oracle at Delphi encouraged the migration of Greeks to Cyrene, and the multitude of new settlers expanded outward to form new settlements and seize lands from the neighboring Libyans.
		In subsequent years, Cyrene and its port at Apollonia (Marsa Sousa) became the chief town of the Lydian region between Egypt and Carthage, and traded with all the major Greek cities, reaching the height of its prosperity in the 5th century BC.
		Cyrene was then annexed by Ptolemy I, who successfully put down the revolt (which was more in the nature of a civil war) in 322 BC.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/armies/var24e.html (1356 words)

	Berenice II (C. 273-221BC)
		Berenice II was the sole heiress of king Magas of Cyrene and his wife Apame.
		However, after Magas' death Berenice's mother Apame had her engaged to the Macedonian prince Demetrius the Fair in an effort to thwart the plan to reunify the two kingdoms of Egypt and Cyrene.
		After he arrived in Cyrene, Apame herself became enamoured of the handsome young prince and when their liaison was discovered it brought about the murder of Demetrius.
	members.tripod.com /~Wakefield/collection/berenice.html (446 words)

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		Magas ruled as a Ptolemaic vassal for more than a generation until a few years into the reign of his half-brother, Ptolemy II.
		In the early 270's, Magas had a falling out with Ptolemy II and appointed himself king of Cyrene.
		Magas continued to rule independently, though near the end of his life, around 250 BC, he reconciled with Ptolemy II.
	www.cngcoins.com /Coin.aspx?CoinID=40114 (159 words)

	Benghazi - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		That city was traditionally founded in 446 BCE, by a brother of the king of Cyrene, but got the name Berenice only when it was refounded in the 3rd century BCE under the patronage of Berenice (Berenike), the daughter of Magas, king of Cyrene, and wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes, the ruler of Egypt.
		The city superseded Cyrene and Barca as the chief center of Cyrenaica after the 3rd century CE and during the Persian attacks, but when the Arabs came, in 642-643, it had dwindled to an insignificant village among magnificent ruins.
		In 1578 the Turks invaded Benghazi and it was ruled from Tripoli by the Karamanlis from 1711-1835, then it passed under direct Ottoman rule until 1911.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Benghazi (575 words)

	Ptolemy II of Egypt
		Ptolemy II maintained a splendid court in Alexandria.
		Magas of Cyrene opened war on his half-brother (274), and Antiochus I of Macedon[?], the son of Seleucus, desiring Palestine, attacked soon after.
		Two or three years of war left Egypt the dominant naval power of the eastern Mediterranean; the PtolemaIc sphere of power extended over the Cyclades to Samothrace, and the harbours and coast towns of Cilicia Trachea ("Rough Cilicia"), Pamphylia, Lycia and Caria were largely in Ptolemy's hands.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pt/Ptolemy_II_of_Egypt.html (381 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		She overcame the treachery of her mother, Apama (2), to become ruler of Cyrene, in North Africa, and succeeded in linking Cyrene with Egypt through her marriage to Ptolemy III Euergetes.
		Her father, Magas, king of Cyrene, was the great-grandson of Cassander, one of the generals in the army of Alexander.
		One son, Magas, was scalded to death in his bath by another son, the future Ptolemy IV Philopator, who felt that Berenice favored Magas.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=AGRW0086 (561 words)

	Magas of Cyrene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Magas of Cyrene is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		From that point on, and in the space of a few centuries, Mahayana was to flourish and spread in the East from India to South-East Asia, and towards the north to Central Asia, China, Korea, and finally to Japan in 538 CE.
		Ashoka allegedly took great care of the welfare of his (human and animal) populations and those beyond his borders, spreading the use of medicinal treatments, improving roadside facilities for more comfortable travel, and establishing “officers of the faith” throughout his territories to survey the welfare of the population and the propagation of the Dharma.
	www.experiencefestival.com /magas_of_cyrene (1204 words)

	Ancient History Sourcebook: Pausanias: Description of Greece, Book I: Attica
		Cyrene rebelled; but Magas, the son of Berenice (who was at this time married to Ptolemy) captured Cyrene in the fifth year of the rebellion.
		But while on the march Magas was in formed that the Marmaridae,a tribe of Libyan nomads, had revolted, and thereupon fell back upon Cyrene.
		There they perished at one another's hands or by famine.[1.7.3] Magas, who was married to Apame, daughter of Antiochus, son of Seleucus, persuaded Antiochus to break the treaty which his father Seleucus had made with Ptolemy and to attack Egypt.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/pausanias-bk1.html (19483 words)

	Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Book 26
		The people being all amazed at such cruel tyranny, Hellanicus, the chief of them, an old man and without children, and consequently having no fear either for life or offspring, assembled the most faithful of his friends in his house, and encouraged them to attempt the delivery of their country.
		Alexander, after fleeing, on his expulsion, to the Acarnanians, was restored to his throne, with not less eagerness on the part of the Epirots than exertion on the part of his allies.
		But after the death of the king, Arsinoë, the mother of the girl, resolving to break off a marriage which had been contracted against her will, sent for Demetrius, the brother of King Antigonus, from Macedonia, to marry the damsel, and occupy the throne of Cyrene.
	www.forumromanum.org /literature/justin/english/trans26.html (781 words)

	Polyaenus: Stratagems - Book 2
		# When Magas left Cyrene, to go on a foreign expedition, he left his friends in charge of the city.
		But he stored the missiles and other weapons of war in the fortress, and dismantled the walls; so that, if any revolution should be attempted in his absence, he should find it easy to re-enter the city on his return.
		When Magas captured Paraetonium, he order the guards to kindle a "friendly" fire signal both in the evening, and early in the morning.
	www.attalus.org /translate/polyaenus2.html (282 words)

	African Kingdoms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		After that Ptolemy II fought wars against his uterine half-brother Magas of Cyrene and with Antiochus I the son of Seleucus over the possession of Palestine.
		He repudiated her to marry for political reasons his full sister Arsinoe II, who was the widow of the same Lysimachus I. Ptolemy II died in 246 BC at the age of 63, and was succeeded by his eldest son Ptolemy Euergetes.
		Ptolemy V was five years old when he came to the throne and under a series of regents the kingdom was paralysed.
	www.donaldhs.vic.edu.au /home/spotter/African_Kingdoms.html (1925 words)

	Magas of Cyrene
		IV.2 187) and Chamoux point out, every indication is that Ophellas died as a loyal servant of Ptolemy I, in that he left Cyrene totally exposed to Egypt, and there is no mention of the installation of Magas in Diodorus, who survives complete down to 302/1.
		Thus, Porphyry may be rejected on this point and Magas' accession as governor must be constrained between 304/3 (=309/8-5) and 297/6 (=247/6+50).
		Thus Magas' accession to the governorship may be estimated to occur in around 300, perhaps in the aftermath of Ipsus.
	www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk /egypt/ptolemies/magas_i.htm (600 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.02.16 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Most noteworthy is the detailed treatment of Cyrene and its position within the hellenistic world generally and its relations with Ptolemaic Egypt specifically.
		In fact, the attention devoted to Cyrene throughout the book may be its most important contribution.
		For the "definition of monarchy" C. returns again to the epigram Eupolemus composed in honor of King Magas of Cyrene (pp.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2003/2003-02-16.html (1852 words)

	Apama Syria
		Apama Seleucid married Magas of Cyrene, son of Philip of Macedonia and Queen of Egypt Berenice I of Macedonia, 0275 B.C., circa.2 She was born 0293 B.C..
		She was the daughter of King of Syria Antiochos I Soter Seleucid and Queen of Upper Asia Stratonike I Antigonid.1,2 Apama may, or may not, be the same person os Arsinoe, the mother of Berenice II.2 Sources: 1.
		Queen of Egypt Berenice II of Cyrene+ b.
	familytrees.genopro.com /Azrael/ind01348.htm (209 words)

	Callimachus
		He was born in Cyrene, North Africa, into a prominent family.
		B.C. Berenike, the daughter of King Magas of Cyrene, married Ptolomeny III.
		Callimachus dismissed the long poems bluntly: "Big book, big bore." He criticized writers who produced epics in the ancient manner; Callimaches preferred the short form and his poems were admired for their polished refinement.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /callimac.htm (1387 words)

	Brink-Day-Johnston-Fletcher - Person Page 154
		221 BC), daughter of Magas, king of Cyrene (inmodern Libya), whose marriage to Ptolemy III Euergetes reunited hercountry with Egypt.
		Magas' queen, who favoured an alliance with the Seleucid dynasty ofSyria, tried to thwart the marriage by summoning Demetrius the Fair, aMacedonian prince, as a husband for Berenice.
		He temporarily lost Cyrene as well and wasunable to hold the important Greek positions of Corinth and neighbouringSicyon and Megara, which he had captured in 308.
	www.brinkfamily.net /tree/p154.htm (5989 words)

	Hawaiian Astronomical Society - Coma Berenices
		The daughter of Magas of Cyrene (present day Libya), her marriage to Ptolemy in 245 B.C. served a political purpose, uniting Egypt and Cyrene.
		Magas opposed the union and brought in Prince Demetrius the Fair of Macedon to marry her.
		Instead he had her killed, along with his uncle and brother (another Magas).
	www.hawastsoc.org /deepsky/com/index.html (1623 words)

	Women in power 500- CE. 1
		Also known as Berenice, she was daughter of King Magas of Cyrene (BCE 308-253) and Apame.
		Since 246 she was married to Ptolemy III Euergetes I. Mother of 4 children: Ptolemy IV Filopator, Magas, Arsinoe and Berenike.
		Later regent for Seleukos II Kallinikos and after he came of age she remained politically active until she was murdered.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /womeninpower/Womeninpower00000.htm (4889 words)

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