- see Laukaz for the rune.
Lagus (
Greek Λάγος; lived 4th century BC) from
Eordaea was the father, or reputed father, of
Ptolemy, the founder of the
Ptolemaic dynasty. He married
Arsinoe, a
concubine of
Philip II, king of
Macedon, who was said to have been pregnant at the time of their marriage, on which account it is told that the Macedonians generally looked upon Ptolemy as in reality 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 is believed by some to have subsequently married
Antigone, niece of
Antipater, by whom he became the father of
Berenice, afterwards the wife of Ptolemy, but this is based on a misreading of a corrupt scholium; her father's name was almost certainly
Magas.