First Marriage
In 325 BC, Berenice married an obscure local nobleman and military officer called Philip. Philip was previously married and had other children. Through her first marriage, she bore Philip: son King Magas of Cyrene, daughter Antigone who married as one of the wives of King Pyrrhus of Epirus and a daughter called Theoxena.
Magas dedicated an inscription to himself and his father, when he served as a Priest of Apollo. Pyrrhus gave her name to a new city called Berenicis. Philip had died.
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