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	Ptolemy (Ptolemaios) IV Philopator
		Under the reign of Ptolemy IV Philopator (reigned 221-204 BC), son of Ptolemy III and Berenice II of Egypt, the decline of the Ptolemaic kingdom began.
		Ptolemy IV and Arsinoe III crowing Homer, the kneeling figures represent the Iliad and the Odyssey.
		Ptolemy IV Ptolemy Philopator I at LacusCurtius (http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/7.html) — (Chapter VII of E. Bevan's House of Ptolemy*, 1923)
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Bios/PtolemyIVPhilopator.html (434 words)

	Ptolemaic Dynasty - Ptolemy I - XV
		Ptolemy IV Philopator was the fourth ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
		Ptolemy VI Philometor was the sixth ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
		Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator was the seventh ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
	www.crystalinks.com /ptolemaic.html (1794 words)

	58) Egypt, Ptolemy IV Philopator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		This coin depicting Ptolemy III Euergetes (Benefactor) was issued by his successor, Ptolemy IV Philopator (Father-lover), as a gesture of dynastic continuity and of the filial piety that his name implies.
		Ptolemy III was the son of Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II.
		The portrait on the obverse confers upon Ptolemy III several attributes of divinity.
	www.lawrence.edu /dept/art/buerger/catalogue/058.html (229 words)

	Egypt State Information Service - Rulers of Egypt
		Ptolemy IV Philopator 222-205 B.C. Ptolemy IV Philopator was the fourth ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
		Ptolemy V Epiphanes 205-180 B.C. Ptolemy V Epiphanes was the fifth ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
		Ptolemy VI Philometor 180-164 and 163-145 B.C. Ptolemy VI Philometor was the sixth ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
	www.sis.gov.eg /En/History/ruler/080900000000000017.htm (5675 words)

	Ptolemy IV Philopator, The Fourth King of Egypt's Greek Period
		Under the Ptolemies, there was no real national foundation established for their rule in Egypt as the successor and son of Ptolemy III Euergetes, Ptolemy IV Philopator took the throne.
		From the time of Ptolemy IV onward, the dynasty's declining prestige abroad was matched by faltering administration at home, though it is hard to decide whether constant dynastic intrigues, minority regencies, military reversals and economic crises were primarily responsible for the breakdown of the system, or whether simmering anarchy and anti-governmental feelings contributed more.
		Ptolemy IV took the throne in about 222 BC, using the Egyptian name Iwaennetjerwy-menkhwy Setepptah Userkare Sekhemankhamun, a name that means "Heir of the [two] Beneficent Gods, Chosen of Ptah, Powerful is the Soul of Re, Living Image of Amun".
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/ptolemy4.htm (1460 words)

	Ptolemy IV. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		B.C.), of the Macedonian dynasty, son of Ptolemy III and Berenice of Cyrene.
		Antiochus III invaded the Egyptian lands in Palestine, and Ptolemy managed to defeat him at Raphia in 217 (an event mentioned in 2 Maccabees), but administration disintegrated in Egypt.
		Ptolemy’s main interest was building remarkable ships, each equipped with 4,000 oars.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pt/Ptlmy4.html (126 words)

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		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.
		Scrupulously in his decrees Ptolemy was careful to proclaim 'In the absence of king.
		Ptolemy was born in 367 as the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Lagus and a woman named Arsinoe, who may or may not have belonged to a minor branch of the Macedonian dynasty.
	www.lycoszone.com /info/ptolemy--alexander-iv.html (582 words)

	Ptolemy IV of Egypt
		Under the reign of Ptolemy IV Philopator (reigned 221-204 BC), son of the Ptolemy III, the decline of the Ptolemaic kingdom began.
		His reign was inaugurated by the murder of his mother, and he was always under the dominion of favourites, male and female, who indulged his vices and conducted the government as they pleased.
		Self-interest led his ministers to make serious preparations to meet the attacks of Antiochus III the Great on Palestine, and the great Egyptian victory of Raphia[?] (217), at which Ptolemy himself was present, secured the kingdom for the remainder of his reign.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pt/Ptolemy_IV.html (183 words)

	Ptolemy IV Philopator
		Debauched son of Ptolemy III during whose inattentive reign Egypt lost most of the stability and influence it had achieved under the first three Macedonian pharaohs.
		Ptolemy died soon after he lost upper Egypt to insurgents, but his death was kept a secret for more than a year while his henchmen eliminated potential rivals.
		Ptolemy IV Philopator - chapter 7 of E. Bevan's 1927 classic The House of Ptolemy [on Lacus Curtius].
	virtualreligion.net /iho/ptolemy_4.html (385 words)

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		Ptolemy of Alexandria is an author of a great geographical work in which he produced maps of various ancient countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa. His map of Macedonia is clearly separated from Greece, Illyria, and Thrace.
		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.
		Ptolemy’s work was continued and commented on by the Alexandrian mathematician Pappus, the mathematician/astronomer Theon of Alexandria, and the Greek mathematician Proclus, who wrote a paraphrase of Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos.
	www.lycoszone.com /info/ptolemy--alexandria.html (622 words)

	Ptolemy IV
		Ptolemy II and died under Ptolemy V. But if the reference to year 11 of Ptolemy II is based on his accession then the priest was born in May 272 and died late February 202, i.e.
		Polybius' description of the death of Ptolemy IV is lost, but he introduces his account of the succession of Ptolemy V (15.25.3) by the phrase "after four or five days", suggesting perhaps only a brief period of concealment.
		The general opinion of modern scholarship is to suppose that Arsinoe was killed by Sosibius and Agathocles after the death of Ptolemy IV, and that the delay in announcing Ptolemy's death was used to effect this murder.
	www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk /Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_iv.htm (3319 words)

	InfoHub - Ptolemaic dynasty
		Ptolemy I died in 283 B.C. at the age of 84 and his son Ptolemy II finished the construction of the lighthouse.
		Ptolemy IV Philapator was the fourth king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt.
		Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos was the fifth king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt.
	www.infohub.com /forums/printthread.php?t=3829 (3947 words)

	Egyptian Pharaohs : Graeco-Roman Period : Ptolemaic Dynasty : Ptolemy IV Philopater
		Despite his success as a military leader, Ptolemy IV was not a good administrator and in fact, his main interest was in building galley ships -- some so large they had 4000 oars, according to the greeks.
		On the advice of a courtier, Sosibios, Ptolemy IV had is mother, brother, and uncle killed, most likely to try to retain control of the government.
		When Ptolemy IV died in 204 BCE, two of his ministers had his wife and sister Arsinoe killed.
	www.phouka.com /pharaoh/pharaoh/dynasties/dyn33/04pto4.html (209 words)

	Egyptian Pharaohs : Graeco-Roman Period : Ptolemaic Dynasty : Ptolemy V Epiphanes
		Fearing that she was too powerful, two of Ptolemy IV's ministers, Sosibius and Agathocles, murdered her.
		Antiochus defeated Ptolemy in the Battle of Panion 200 BCE and peace was cemented by the marriage of the young Egyptian king to Cleopatra I, daughter of Antiochus.
		Ptolemy V is uniquely associated with the famed Rosetta Stone, which allowed the world to finally understand the hieroglyphic language -- he was crowned in 196 BCE in Memphis with traditional egyptian rites and the decrees issues for the occasion were copied and sent out.
	www.phouka.com /pharaoh/pharaoh/dynasties/dyn33/05ptp5.html (310 words)

	Arsinoe IV
		Terminus ante quem: Ptolemy XIII was born in 61 and Ptolemy XIV in 59.
		Berenice IV is not even considered as a candidate, presumably because such an interpretation would require that her husband Archelaus was given priority as king, a doubtful but not impossible proposal, though there is as yet no clear evidence that Archelaus was ever king.
		However, if it belongs to Ptolemy XIII, then the fact that it is issued in the name of the "king and the queen" is significant, since this would be the first time in the reign that Ptolemy XIII is clearly named first.
	www.geocities.com /christopherjbennett/ptolemies/arsinoe_iv.htm (2802 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 III
		The Ptolemaic naval base on Thera was abandoned by Ptolemy VIII, and Ptolemy V and Ptolemy VI both succeeded to the throne at a very young age.
		By contrast, Ptolemy III's mother Arsinoe I was exiled for plotting against Ptolemy II, presumably on her son's behalf, and in the ensuing years Ptolemy II associated a coregent, Ptolemy Nios, who was almost certainly not Ptolemy III.
		Ptolemy IV, which is why the latter was called Philopator, but this seems unlikely, since Philopator was his official title, and since Polybius' account, which is certainly hostile to Ptolemy IV, does not accuse him of this crime.
	www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk /Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_iii.htm (4254 words)

	Ptolemy IV Philopator
		Ptolemy IV Philopator: king of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from 222 to 204.
		Revolts in Egypt; the Nubians conquer the Dodecaschoenus.
		E.R. Bevan, The House of Ptolemy (1927), chapter 7.
	www.livius.org /ps-pz/ptolemies/ptolemy_iv_philopator.html (229 words)

	Cleopatra VII
		Ptolemy was called to an audience the next day and was dismayed to find that Cleopatra was at his side.
		Arsinoe IV appeared in Caesar's March of Triumph in 46 B.C. She was marched through the streets of Rome loaded down with chains.
		Caesar arranged for Arsinoe IV to leave Rome instead of be beheaded, as was the usual practice with prisoners of war.
	www.angelfire.com /ct/cleopatra7 (2475 words)

	Ptolemy XII
		Ptolemy XI Finally, if one accepts that Ptolemy XII and his brother had spent time at the court of Mithridates VI, it is difficult to explain how they came to be there on Bloedow's chronology.
		Ptolemy IX became king, and which was clearly opposed by her mother (Justin 39.3).
		Ptolemy IX, since it is generally supposed that Cleopatra V was a daughter of Ptolemy IX.
	www.geocities.com /christopherjbennett/ptolemies/ptolemy_xii.htm (8774 words)

	Ptolemy - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		This Ptolemy planted numerous colonies in Egypt, Syria and Palestine, among which were several of the name of Arsinoe (his sister-wife), Philadelphia on the ruins of old Rabbah, Philotera south of the Sea of Galilee, and Ptolemais on the site of Acco.
		In 246 he was provoked to a Syrian war to avenge the murder of his sister Berenice at Antioch; in the course of this campaign he met with remarkable success, overran Syria, plundered Susa and Babylonia, penetrated to the shores of India and captured the important stronghold of Seleucia (1 Macc 11:8).
		Balas was defeated in a decisive battle on the Oenoparas and killed, but Ptolemy himself died in 146 BC from the effects of a fall from his horse in the battle (1 Macc 1:18; 10:51; 2 Macc 1:10; 4:21).
	www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T7149 (1761 words)

	Ptolemies
		Ptolemy died at the age of 29 and at this time the Egyptian empire lost all its possessions except Cyprus and Kyrene.
		She was married to Ptolemy V Epiphanes in 194/3 thus approving peace between Ptolemys and Seleucids.
		She was married to Ptolemy VIII and gave him five children: Ptolemy IX, Tryphaine, Cleopatra (IV), Ptolemy X and Cleopatra Selene.
	nar-mer.tripod.com /dyn/33en.htm (3870 words)

	Ptolemy IV - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		PTOLEMY IV [Ptolemy IV] (Ptolemy Philopator), king of ancient Egypt (221-205 BC), of the Macedonian dynasty, son of Ptolemy III and Berenice of Cyrene.
		Ptolemy and Strabo and their conversation with Appeles and Protogenes: cosmography and painting in Raphael's 'School of Athens.'
		Rollin's Ancient History: History Of The Persians And Grecians: Sections III And IV.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-ptlmy4.html (289 words)

	Ptolemy IV Philopator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Under the reign of Ptolemy IV Philopator (Greek: Πτολεμαίος Φιλοπάτωρ, reigned 221-204 BC), son of Ptolemy III and Berenice II of Egypt, the decline of the Ptolemaic kingdom began.
		Self-interest led his ministers to make serious preparations to meet the attacks of Antiochus III the Great on Coele-Syria including Judea, and the great Egyptian victory of Raphia (217), where Ptolemy himself was present, secured the northern borders of the kingdom for the remainder of his reign.
		Ptolemy IV is a major protagonist of the apocryphal 3 Maccabees, which describes purported events following the Battle of Raphia, in both Jerusalem and Alexandria.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ptolemy_IV_of_Egypt (325 words)

	Greek Rule -- Ptolemies & Seleucids
		This ruler was the son of Ptolemy I. Under his rule the Jews, both in Egypt and Palestine, enjoyed a lengthy period of quiet, and also some degree of prosperity.
		The Ptolemies were very successful and managed to capture a large part of the Seleucid Empire, including all of Syria, before local problems called Ptolemy III back to Egypt.
		In the year 221 BC, Ptolemy III died and was succeeded by Ptolemy IV, Philopater, who was without a doubt the most cruel and vicious ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
	www.zianet.com /maxey/Inter2.htm (2912 words)

	Cleopatra
		Cleopatra VII was born in sixty-nine BC in Alexandria, Egypt to a family of Macedonian decent and important rule.
		Cleopatra VII was the daughter of Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos, nicknamed "Auletes", meaning "flute-player" in Greek.
		Her sisters were Cleopatra VI, who disappeared between fifty-eight and fifty-five BC, Bernice IV, who took over her father’s rule by kicking him out of the kingdom, was also beheaded, and Arsinoe IV, who was the youngest of the three (Daniels 1).
	www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us /History/Egypt/03/muzzillo/muzzillo.htm (1166 words)

	CTCWeb Glossary: P (paedagogus to pyxis)
		Ptolemy IV Ruled during the Forth Syrian War against Antiochus III; Egypt is saved by Egyptian native troops at the battle of Raphia.
		Ptolemy VI Seleucids invaded Egypt and took him prisoner; his brother, Ptolemy VII, was given the throne; Seleucids withdrew and Ptolemy VI and VII ruled jointly until Ptolemy VII received Cyrenaica to rule;
		son of Ptolemy VIII; ruled Egypt with his mother after she ousted his brother and then with his wife after his mother’s death; he was killed in Asia Minor in 88 BCE as he attempte to raid the Lycian coast.
	www.ablemedia.com /ctcweb/glossary/glossaryp.html (3461 words)

	Ptolemy IV — Infoplease.com
		], king of ancient Egypt (221–205 B.C.), of the Macedonian dynasty, son of Ptolemy III and Berenice of Cyrene.
		invaded the Egyptian lands in Palestine, and Ptolemy managed to defeat him at Raphia in 217 (an event mentioned in 2 Maccabees), but administration disintegrated in Egypt.
		Ptolemy V - Ptolemy V (Ptolemy Epiphanes), d.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0840414.html (286 words)

	Ptolemy IV Philopator
		I did, till yet, not meet primary or secondary sources on the length of reign of Ptolemy IV, so that I'll have to put up with the figure of the Canon Basileion, giving him 17 years.
		Because of the inertia with which the news of the death of the king reached the scribes, Hathyr 15 (end December) might be the latest possible date of the king's having been in live.
		As to the Canon Basileion (again, no primary or secondary sources till now), Ptolemy III, the predecessor of Ptolemy IV, reigned 25 years.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/cplawassist/paper/1500104.html (371 words)

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