Meleager of
Macedonia (
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: Μελέαγρος) was the brother of
Ptolemy Keraunos and son of
Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter (; gr, Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ, ''Ptolemaîos Sōtḗr'' "Ptolemy the Savior"; c. 367 BC – January 282 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general, historian and companion of Alexander the Great from the Kingdom of Macedo ...
and
Eurydice
Eurydice (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice') was a character in Greek mythology and the Auloniad wife of Orpheus, who tried to bring her back from the dead with his enchanting music.
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. Meleager ruled as King of Macedonia during 279 BC for two months until he was compelled by his Macedonian troops to resign his crown.
[Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v2. p. 1017]
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