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	Ptolemy II Philadelphus, The Second King of Egypt's Greek Period
		Indeed, the Ptolemies were known for their seemingly natural ability to live in greed, luxury and intrigue while other members of the diadochi (the followers) of Alexander the Great, who split his empire amongst themselves, suffered from these follies.
		The dynastic cult of the Ptolemies was a Greek cult with a Greek hierarchy, and with worshippers drawn from the Greek speaking population of the country.
		Ptolemy II ended up repudiating his existing wife, after some rumors of treason associated with her arose and she was banished to Coptos in Southern Egypt.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/ptolemy2.htm (1956 words)

	PTOLEMY GREEK COIN
		Ptolemy II was the son of Ptolemy I and heir to the Greek rule of Egypt.
		In 305 BC he declared himself King Ptolemy I, known as "Soter" (saviour) and made the city of Alexandria Egypt's capital, bringing Alexander's body with him to be buried in the city, reuniting the famed conqueror with the city that bore his name.
		Ptolemy decided from the beginning of his reign that Alexandria would not just be another port capital, but the home of a new age in Greek science and art.
	www.johnbmcnamara.com /cpg003.htm (668 words)

	(56) Egypt, Ptolemy II
		Ptolemy II Philadelphos (Brother-lover) succeeded his father, Ptolemy I, and after their deaths deified his father and his mother, Berenike I. In depicting himself and his sister-queen, Arsinoe, on the obverse and his deified parents on the reverse of this octodrachm and on his tetradrachms, he emphasized family resemblance and dynastic continuity.
		Arsinoe II had been married to Lysimachos of Thrace (see no. 45) and her half-brother, Ptolemy Keraunos, before her marriage to Ptolemy II.
		It was her son rather than Ptolemy's first-born son by his previous marriage who succeeded to the throne, and after her death she received her own temple at Alexandria, near the temple where she and Ptolemy were worshipped together as Savior gods.
	www.lawrence.edu /dept/art/buerger/catalogue/056.html (333 words)

	Egypt Site Map
		The Osirian Temple of Taharqa at Karnak in Egypt
		The Tomb of Mehu at Saqqara in Egypt
		Osiris Hek-Djet, Temple of at Karnak in Luxor, Egypt
	touregypt.net /sitemap.htm (3679 words)

	Ptolemy II Philadelphus
		Ptolemaic King of Egypt with Ptolemy I, Berenice I, Arsinoe I, and Arsinoe II
		Ptolemy II maintained a splendid court in Alexandria.
		Ptolemy's first wife, Arsinoë I, daughter of Lysimachus, was the mother of his legitimate children.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/PtolemyIIPhiladelphus.html (555 words)

	Ptolemy II - LoveToKnow 1911
		Two or three years of war left Egypt the dominant naval power of the eastern Mediterranean; the Ptolemaic sphere of power extended over the Cyclades to Samothrace, and the harbours and coast towns of Cilicia Trachea ("Rough Cilicia"), Pamphylia, Lycia and Caria were largely in Ptolemy's hands (Theoc.
		Ptolemy's first wife, Arsinoe (I.), daughter of Lysimachus, was the mother of his legitimate children.
		Ptolemy himself was eager to increase the library and to patronize scientific research.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Ptolemy_II (377 words)

	Ptolemy II of Egypt
		Ptolemy II Philadelphus (309-246 BC), was of a delicate constitution, no Macedonian warrior-chief of the old style.
		Two or three years of war left Egypt the dominant naval power of the eastern Mediterranean; the PtolemaIc sphere of power extended over the Cyclades to Samothrace, and the harbours and coast towns of Cilicia Trachea ("Rough Cilicia"), Pamphylia, Lycia and Caria were largely in Ptolemy's hands.
		Ptolemy's first wife, Arsinoë I[?], daughter of Lysimachus, was the mother of his legitimate children.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pt/Ptolemy_II.html (381 words)

	Ptolemy's Egypt
		Egypt was ruled from Alexandria by Ptolemy's descendants until the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC.
		Ptolemy's son and heir, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, for instance, had a passion for science, and Ptolemy III as we shall see, was a manic collector of books.
		Ptolemy I, though respectful as he was of the Egyptian culture, nevertheless believed the Greek culture to be superior in many respects, and thus the preservation of it in Alexandria was of utmost importance.
	www.chn-net.com /timeline/ptolemy_study.html (1780 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Arsinoe II of Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Arsinoe II (316-270 BC), queen of Thrace and later co-ruler of Egypt with her brother and husband Ptolemy II of Egypt.
		Arsinoe II was first married to King Lysimachus of Thrace[?], to whom she bore three sons.
		In Egypt, she probably instigated the accusation and exile of her brother Ptolemy II's first wife, Arsinoe I of Egypt[?].
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ar/Arsinoe_II_of_Egypt (234 words)

	Ptolemy Nios, the Son
		The view accepted here is that Ptolemy Nios is to be identified with Ptolemy, the son of Arsinoe II by Lysimachus, presumably adopted by Ptolemy II at the time either of their marriage or of her death, and with Ptolemy of Telmessos.
		Ptolemy, the son of Lysimachus, is quite firmly identified with Ptolemy of Telmessos, from whom we have an inscription dated to Dystros in year 7 of Ptolemy III, i.e.
		Since Ptolemy Nios is also known as Ptolemy the Epigone, he further suggests it is "likely" that Epigonos was his younger son, and Antipater a cousin of Ptolemy II and implies that he may also be descended from Alexander's general Antipater.
	www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk /Egypt/ptolemies/nios_i.htm (4622 words)

	Ptolemy - Crystalinks
		Ptolemy formulated a geocentric model that was widely accepted until it was superseded by the heliocentric solar system of Copernicus.
		Latitude was measured from the equator, as it is today, but Ptolemy preferred to express it as the length of the longest day rather than degrees of arc (the length of the midsummer day increases from 12h to 24h as you go from the equator to the polar circle).
		Ptolemy was concerned to defend astrology by defining its limits, compiling astrological data that he believed was reliable and dismissing practices (such as considering the numerological significance of names) that he believed to be without sound basis.
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	Ptolemy I Soter 367-283 BC Macedonian Greek ruler of Egypt
		Bust of Ptolemy Soter, British Museum, LondonHe was the son of Arsinoe of Macedonia -- either by her husband Lagus, a Macedonian nobleman, or by her lover, Philip II of Macedon.
		Ptolemy was consistent in his policy of securing a power base, while never succumbing to the temptation of risking all to succeed Alexander[3].
		In 312, Ptolemy and Seleucus, the fugitive satrap of Babylonia, both invaded Syria, and defeated Demetrius Poliorcetes ("sieger of cities"), the son of Antigonus, in the Battle of Gaza.
	www.realtreasures.com /ptolemy_king_of_egypt.htm (1227 words)

	Nabataea: The Ptolemy's of Alexandria
		Ptolemy II became a master at the fiscal exploitation of the Egyptian countryside; the capital, Alexandria, served as the main trading and export centre.
		He was the son of Ptolemy II and he reunited Cyrenaica with Egypt, as well as invaded the Seleucid Kingdom of Syria to avenge the murder of his sister and her infant son, the heir to the Seleucid throne.
		Ptolemy VII (184-116 BC) was known as Ptolemy Euergetes ("benefactor") II and was the king of Egypt from 145-116 BC.
	nabataea.net /ptolomy.html (8345 words)

	CoinArchives.com Search Results
		Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenike I. AV Oktadrachm (27.74 g, 12h).
		Ptolemy II Philadelphos, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenike I. AV Tetradrachm (13.85 g, 12h).
		Ptolemy II, with Arsinöe II, Ptolemy I, and Berenike I. AV Oktadrachm...
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	Ptolemy II Philadelphus
		Son of Ptolemy I who consolidated Alexandria's control of Palestine and north Africa and developed it as a major center of Greek culture.
		Yet, in politics Ptolemy II was less influenced by Greek tradition than the Egyptian cult of the Pharaohs.
		Ptolemy II continued to issue silver coins bearing his father's image rather than his own and initiated gold coins with his sister's image.
	virtualreligion.net /iho/ptolemy_2.html (638 words)

	Ptolemy I - Alexander The Great - General of Alexander - Founder of the Great Library of Alexandria - Ptolemy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ptolemy was one of Alexander the Great's boyhood friends and became one of his most trusted generals.
		Ptolemy had Alexander's body brought for burial to Egypt, where it was permanently interred at the city Alexander had founded and named after himself.
		Ptolemy established his capital at Alexandria where he founded a museum and started collecting books for a great library, which was to become the centre for scientific research and the best collection of Greek and Roman papyri in the world.
	www.alexander-the-great.co.uk /ptolemy.htm (255 words)

	Ptolemy
		Under Ptolemy IV, an extensive series of oktadrachms was struck posthumously for Ptolemy III, portraying him with the divine attributes of Helios (the radiate diadem), Zeus (the aegis), and Poseidon (the trident, the middle prong modified with the addition of the Egyptian lotus tip).
		Ptolemy VII, Neos Philopater, 145 to 144 BCE
		Ptolemy XII, Neos Dionysos, 80 to 58 and 55 to 51 BCE
	members.verizon.net /vze3xycv/RulersCoins/ptolemyPic.htm (1123 words)

	Ptolemy 2 Philadelphus
		He was the son of Ptolemy 1, the founder of the dynasty, and Berenice 1.
		At the time of his assumption of power, Egypt held a firm grip on Cyprus, Phoenicia and Palestine.
		It was during his reign that Egypt established itself as the maritime power of the Mediterranean Sea, as a result of wars fought against the Seleucids.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/ptolemy_2.htm (139 words)

	Ptolemy II of Egypt : Ptolemy II
		Ptolemy II of Egypt : Ptolemy II Ptolemy II Philadelphus (309-246 BC), was of a delicate constitution, no Macedonian warrior-chief of the old style.
		His brother Ptolemy Ceraunus found compensation by becoming king in Macedonia in 281, and perished in the Gallic invasion of 280—79 (see Brennus).
		In a second war with the Seleucid kingdom, under Antiochus II[?] (after 260), Ptolemy sustained losses on the seaboard of Asia Minor and agreed to a peace by which Antiochus married his daughter Berenice (250?).
	www.fastload.org /pt/Ptolemy_II.html (443 words)

	Ptolemy and Egypt
		Ptolemy had been one of the most capable of the generals throughout the campaign in Asia and India.
		Produce from Ethiopia, Africa, and Arabia came through Egypt and was carried by vessels from the Alexandrian harbor to the towns of the Mediterranean coast and the islands of the Aegean Sea.
		Ptolemy did not interfere with the religious beliefs and customs of the Egyptians; as in India, these had become too deeply intertwined with the lives and traditions of the nation.
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	E. R. Bevan: The House of Ptolemy • Chap. II
		Ptolemy's mother was called Arsinoe: the official genealogy later on represented her as related to the royal family, possibly with truth.
		Ptolemy seems to have exerted himself to be known all over the Greek world as the kind of genial, free-handed, valiant gentleman whom any young man inclined to the life of a soldier might cross the sea to serve.
		Ptolemy at the age of eighty-two wished to pass his power on to his successor, less, probably, because he desired rest than because he wanted to see his favourite son securely established upon the throne before he died.
	penelope.uchicago.edu /Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/2*.html (12012 words)

	History - The Ptolemy Project
		If any stranger brought an unknown book to Egypt, he had to have it copied for the collection, and a considerable staff of copyists was engaged continually in making duplicates of all the more popular and necessary works.
		Under Callimachus, the head of the library during the time of Ptolemy II and III, the arrangement and cataloguing of the accumulations was systematically undertaken.
		Ptolemy I ruled Egypt from 323-285 BC and established the great library at Alexandria, which brought together scholars from the entire known world of the Mediterranean, Africa and Asia.
	www.ptolemy.ca /history.htm (779 words)

	Ptolemy II of Egypt Details, Meaning Ptolemy II of Egypt Article and Explanation Guide
		His brother Ptolemy Ceraunus found compensation by becoming king in Macedonia in 281 BCE, and perished in the Gallic invasion of 280-79 (see Brennus).
		In a second war with the Seleucid kingdom, under Antiochus II Theos (after 260), Ptolemy sustained losses on the seaboard of Asia Minor and agreed to a peace by which Antiochus married his daughter Berenice (ca.
		The tradition preserved in the pseudepigraphical Letter of Aristeas which connects the Septuagint translation of the Old Testament into Greek with his patronage is probably not historical.
	www.e-paranoids.com /p/pt/ptolemy_ii_of_egypt.html (472 words)

	Egypt, Ptolemy II - Ancient Greek Coins - WildWinds.com
		Ptolemy II Philadelphos & Arsinöe II AV Oktadrachm.
		Ptolemy II Philadelphos & Arsinöe II AV Tetradrachm.
		Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Arsinoe II AV Oktadrachm or Mnaieion.
	www.wildwinds.com /coins/greece/egypt/ptolemy_II/i.html (988 words)

	Egypt: Rulers, Kings and Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt: Ptolemy II Philadelphus
		Egypt: Rulers, Kings and Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt: Ptolemy II Philadelphus
		Ptolemy II Philadelphus, which means 'Brother/Sister-loving', was the second ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
		According to the "Letter of Aristeas", Ptolemy II requested 70 Jewish scholars come from Jerusalem to translate the Pentateuch into a Greek version to be placed into the Great Library collection.
	www.touregypt.net /32dyn02.htm (123 words)

	Sketches in the History of Western Philosophy
		Ptolemy is killed by invading Celts (279), which puts the Kingdom pretty much up for grabs.
		Egypt was a well defined and rich land, long familiar with a Greek presence, and it became the most prosperous and durable of the Hellenistic Kingdoms.
		A council called by Theodosius II in 449 (the Second Council of Ephesus) actually recognized Monophysitism as orthodox, despite the opposition of the Pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople.
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	Canadian Bible Society - About the Bible - The Original Languages
		Alexander the Great was a mighty conqueror, and he conquered all the countries from Greece to Egypt and India, including Syria and Israel and Persia.
		These two families of kings ---the Ptolemies of Egypt and the Seleucids of Syria---became very important for the history of the Jewish people between the Old and New Testaments.
		Long before, at the time of the fall of Jerusalem, many Jews had gone to Egypt, and after this time the Jewish community in Egypt became very important.
	www.biblesociety.ca /about_bible/original_languages (1306 words)

	Ptolemy I Soter
		Upon the death of Alexander the Great, the throne of Egypt fell to Ptolemy I,a veteran soldier and trusted commander who had served Alexander.
		One of the few surviving works of Ptolemy I Soter is the temple of Kom Abu Billo, which was dedicated to Hathor "Mistress of Mefket".
		To Pharaoh Ptolemy goes the credit for the construction of the Great Library at Alexandria which was completed by his son Ptolemy II.
	www.aldokkan.com /egypt/ptolemy.htm (137 words)

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