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28 entries for Ptolemy

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δ431ΔημήτριοςDemetrios, Demetrius[Demetrios] the son of Antigonos [I] and Ptolemy [I] agreed that there was a treaty of alliance between them for the liberation for all Greece and for the mutual defense of each others' territory. …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3936ἈριστώνυμοςAristonymos, Aristonymus… Shivering Sun, as Athenaeus [notes] in Deipnosophists. [He lived] while Ptolemy Philadelphos was ruling, and [during] Philopator after him; and he managed the library of the king after Apollonius, when he was 62. Having …Matched in translationhighshort
α1763Ἀμφισβητεῖνto dispute… agreement, but, in effect, to diverge and be in dispute. "Ptolemy, knowing that his own ancestors had held Coele Syria, prepared to make great disputation in support of these claims; for he hoped that …Matched in translationhighmedium

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δ1187Διοπετέςheaven-sent… the thing which happened [...] in Alexandria confirms: for when Ptolemy had gathered craftsmen so as to make the statue of Artemis, after the work when he had dug a great hole and had …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1919Ἀνακροτῆσαιto clap[Meaning] to applaud, to praise. "Ptolemy ordered them all to clap, approving him for his wit."Matched in translationhighshort

α2705ἈντίπατροςAntipatros, Antipater… life he gave his son Nicolaus and his [Nicolaus'] brother Ptolemy a single instruction, to prepare for Zeus a censer which he himself had beforehand promised to the god when he should die - …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3419ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… contemporary with Eratosthenes, Euphorion, and Timarchos, in the reign of Ptolemy known as The Benefactor [Euergetes], and Eratosthenes' successor in the Directorship [prostasia] of the Library in Alexandria.Matched in translationhighshort

α3892ἈρίσταρχοςAristarchus, Aristarchos, Aristarkhos… father was Aristarchus. He lived in the 156th Olympiad, under Ptolemy Philometor, to whose son he was also tutor. He is said to have written more than 800 books, counting only monographs. He was …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3925ἈριστόνικοςAristonikos, AristonicusHe was the eunuch of king Ptolemy [V Epiphanes] of Egypt, but had been brought up with the king from childhood. As his age advanced, he had the courage and character of a man …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4106ἈρχίβιοςArchibius, ArchibiosSon of Ptolemy; of Leucas or Alexandria. Grammarian; one of those who taught down to the time of the Caesar Trajan in Rome.Matched in translationhighshort

α4173ἈσκληπιάδηςAsclepiades, Asklepiades… of Pompey the Great, and spent time in Alexandria under Ptolemy IV as a young man. He wrote many works. Also [sc. attested are the phrases] "Asclepieian drug" and "Asclepeian drug", but "Asclepe-ian shrine". …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ429ΔημήτριοςDemetrius, Demetrios… the Athenians, and went to Egypt, where he lived with Ptolemy Soter; he died of an asp's bite, and was buried in the Busirite nome, near to Diospolis in the marshes. When the father …Matched in translationhighmedium

α46ἌβινναAbinna, AbilaClaudius Ptolemy 6.3.5 lists a city Abinna in what would be present-day Iran. Note also Abinna as the name of a headland, in 'Libya', according to Philostratus (Life of Apollonius of Tyana 5.1) -- …Matched in noteshighshort

α117ἈγαθοκλῆςAgathokles, Agathocles… quotation reappears. [2] Probably Theoxene, the daughter or stepdaughter of Ptolemy I Soter and the third wife of Agathokles. See F.W. Walbank, A historical commentary on Polybius (Oxford, 1967) v.2 p.361. [3] His father …Matched in noteshighmedium

α963Ἄκρατονuntempered… fr. 283 Domingo-Forasté (285 Hercher). Aelian tells the story of Ptolemy I Soter, 367/366-283/282, founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt [OCD(4) p.1234]. When his mother Arsinoe gave birth to the child, his father …Matched in noteshighshort

α965Ἄκρατος ἡλίου ἀκτίςuntempered ray of the sun… for Aelian's story of the eagle who protected the infant Ptolemy I Soter, exposed on a shield, from the sun.Matched in noteshighshort

α1278Ἀλκήενταςmighty… late epic. Gow and Page identify (ibid.) the princess as Ptolemy Euergetes's daughter, who had been present with her brother at the battle of Raphia (Barrington Atlas map 70 grid E3) in 217 BCE; …Matched in noteshighshort

α1578Ἀμησάμενοςhaving shovelled up… II, 54) find Laqueur's (148) arguments for Eupator, son of Ptolemy Philometor (reigned 180-ca.145 BCE) and Chichorius, to be very strong.Matched in noteshighshort

α2345Ἄνευ ξύλου μὴ βαδίζωνnot walking without a stick… the "Kleomenes" in question was in the service of King Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt (second half of C3 BCE); and no Athenian general of that name is attested. But in any case this …Matched in noteshighshort

α3244Ἄποaway from… also attested as "Ouebion" by one manuscript, is mentioned by Ptolemy (2.11.15) and was a Germanic settlement on the Danube, across from Arelape (modern-day Pöchlarn, Austria). [3] Similarly, according to Adler, in two entries …Matched in noteshighshort

α4150ἈσιῶνAsiôn… Possible identifications [NF] are: 1. Mt. Ision in Arabia, Claudius Ptolemy 4.7.2 2. Mt. Alesion in Arkadia, with 'le' falling out. 3. Mt. Kasios in Egypt, with 'k' falling off and case change. 4. …Matched in noteshighshort

α4669ἈχαΐαAkhaia, Achaia, Achaea… late as the second century CE, by e.g. Pausanias (cf. Ptolemy 3.16.10)). The Romans responsible for naming the province may have been aware, however, that in Homer, the term "Achaiis" could refer to a …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι333ΑἴσωποςAesop, Aisopos, Aesopus… (153b22-29), where it is attributed to the Kaine historia of 'Ptolemy, son of Hephaestion' (pi 3037).Matched in noteshighshort

β232ΒελεστίχηBelesticheC3 BCE. One of the mistresses of King Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt (reigned 282-246 BCE); mentioned in Plutarch, Moralia 753E, who says there were shrines dedicated to her in Alexandria. cf. under sigma …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1387ΔόρκωνDorkon, gazelle… for either 'Darkama' or 'Daroakana', both sites listed by Claudius Ptolemy in Parapamisadai (Afghanistan). [2] Not in fact synonyms: see delta 1301Matched in noteshighshort

δ1528ΔριξίπαροςDrixiparos, Drizipera, Drousipara, Drusipara… called Drizipera (Theophylact Simocatta and others) or Drousipara/Drusipara (e.g. Claudius Ptolemy 3.11). Barrington Atlas Map 52 grid B2. Besieged by the Avars in 597.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1535Δρόμοις[in] races… century BCE, in which the city of Itanos honours King Ptolemy II Euergetes (SIG 463.14). Note, nevertheless, that in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon the gloss is simply toi=s gumnasi/ois, suggesting a wider application. (Plato, Phaedrus …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε74Ἔγκαρπονfruit-containing, fruitful… a Macedonian noblewoman, who subsequently married Lagos, the father of Ptolemy: see under lambda 16 and lambda 25.Matched in noteshighshort