Ptolemy Soter

Variant of Ptolemy

Ptolemy definition

Ptol·emy (täl′ə mē)

noun

  1. name of a Macedonian dynasty of Egypt founded by Ptolemy I and ruling from 323 to 30
  2. pl. Ptolemies -·mies a member of this dynasty

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