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Ptolemy
noun
- name of a Macedonian dynasty of Egypt founded by Ptolemy I and ruling from 323 to 30
- pl. Ptolemies a member of this dynasty
- (L. name Claudius Ptolomaeus) 2d cent. ; Alexandrian astronomer, mathematician, & geographer
- 367?-283 ; general of Alexander the Great: 1st king of the Ptolemaic dynasty (323-285): called Ptolemy Soter (“Savior”)
- 309-246 ; king of Egypt (285-246): son of Ptolemy I: called Ptolemy Philadelphus
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