Ptolemy
noun
Claudius Ptolemaeus, flourished a.d. 127–151, Hellenistic mathematician, astronomer, and geographer in Alexandria.
Ptolemies
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pluralof Ptolemy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Why did the Ptolemies, who were Macedonian Greeks, style themselves as Egyptian pharaohs?
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
To convincingly style themselves as pharaohs, the Ptolemies turned to religion.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
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
Giving Egypt Back to the Ptolemies When the Alexandrian War ended in 47 BCE, Caesar’s victory made him the conqueror.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
