Demetrius the Fair

Demetrius the Fair
Basileus
King of Cyrene
Reign250–249 BC[1]
PredecessorMagas and Berenice II
SuccessorBerenice II and a republican government
Co-regentBerenice II
Bornc.285 BC
Macedon
Died249 BC[2]
Cyrene
SpouseOlympias, Berenice II
Issue
HouseAntigonid dynasty, Ptolemaic dynasty (by marriage)
FatherDemetrius of Macedon

Demetrius the Fair or the Handsome (Greek: Δημήτριος ὁ Καλός, c. 285 BC–249 BC), known in modern ancient historical sources as Demetrius of Cyrene, was a Hellenistic king of Cyrene, who succeeded Magas I.

  1. ^ Hölbl, Günther (2001). A History of the Ptolemaic Empire. Psychology Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-415-20145-2.
  2. ^ Branko van Oppen de Ruiter (2016-02-03). Berenice II Euergetis: Essays in Early Hellenistic Queenship. Springer. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-137-49462-7. She reckons that Ptolemy III married Berenice II in Cyrene, after the death of Demetrius (249 BCE), which would spread the births of their children over two or three more years.