Ptolemies
- plural of Ptolemy.
Example Sentences
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Once they cemented their control, the Ptolemies were able to simply act as pharaohs, despite remaining ethnically and linguistically Macedonian Greek.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Under the Ptolemies, Egypt was in many ways at its most prosperous in history, outstripping even the incredible bounty of the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms centuries earlier.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
It was from the Ptolemies that the tube-blown glassmaking techniques we see today derive.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2019
But few would disagree that the Europe of Charlemagne was more backward in its mindset, at least at the elite level, than the Rome of Augustus or the Alexandria of the Ptolemies.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2011
To alleviate this, the Ptolemies legitimized their power by adopting the trappings of old-time pharaonic rule.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
