# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lagus
# Generated: 2026-08-31T22:46:50.243Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lagus"
name: "Lagus"
slug: "lagus"
description: "Lagus of Eordaia 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. From an anecdote recorded by Plutarch, it is clear that Lagus was a man of obscure birth; hence, when Theocritus 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."
tagline: "Ancestor of the Ptolemaic dynasty"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "-380"
deathDate: "-301"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.28
  momentum:             2.070084360804672
  historical:           14.93362666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8B%89%E5%8F%A4%E6%96%AF"
    title: "拉古斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B3_(%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Лаг (военачалник)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(pare_de_Ptolemeu)"
    title: "Lagos (pare de Ptolemeu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(Stammvater_der_Ptolem%C3%A4er)"
    title: "Lagos (Stammvater der Ptolemäer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82_(%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%A0%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%91%CE%84)"
    title: "Λάγος (πατέρας του Πτολεμαίου Α΄)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagus"
    title: "Lagus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_de_Macedonia"
    title: "Lagos de Macedonia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_mac%C3%A9donien)"
    title: "Lagos (général macédonien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagosz_(I._Ptolemaiosz_apja)"
    title: "Lagosz (I. Ptolemaiosz apja)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagus"
    title: "Lagus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_(generale)"
    title: "Lago (generale)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagus"
    title: "Lagus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagus"
    title: "Lagus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_(makedonsk_general)"
    title: "Lagos (makedonsk general)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lago_(maced%C3%B3nio)"
    title: "Lago (macedónio)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B3_(%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD)"
    title: "Лаг (македонянин)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag"
    title: "Lag"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B3_(%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD)"
    title: "Лаг (македонянин)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718154"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump