Definition of Ptolemy II

1. Noun. Son of Ptolemy I and king of Egypt who was said to be responsible for the Septuagint (circa 309-247 BC).

Group relationships: Ptolemaic Dynasty, Ptolemy
Generic synonyms: King, Male Monarch, Rex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ptolemy II

Ptilonorhynchus
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Ptloris
Ptloris paradisea
Ptolemaian
Ptolemaic
Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemaic system
Ptolemaida
Ptolemais
Ptolemaist
Ptolemaists
Ptolemean
Ptolemy
Ptolemy I
Ptolemy II (current term)
Ptolemæus
Pty
Pty Ltd
Ptyas
Ptyas mucosus
Ptychozoon
Ptychozoon homalocephalum
Pu
Pub.
Pub. L.
Public Health Service
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Public Limited Liability Company
Publius Aelius Hadrianus

Literary usage of Ptolemy II

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Daughter of Lysimachus, king of Thrace, first wife of Ptolemy II. Philadelphia (285-247 BC). Accused of conspiring against her husband, who perhaps already ..."

2. Catalogue of Greek Coins: The Ptolemies, Kings of Egypt by British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals, Reginald Stuart Poole (1883)
"Coins with busts of Ptolemy II. with Arsinoë IL, ... The coins with the four portraits, on the obverse those of Ptolemy II. with Arsinoë II., ..."

3. Catalogue of Greek Coins: The Ptolemies, Kings of Egypt by British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals, Reginald Stuart Poole (1883)
"Coin* with bunts of Ptolemy II. with Arsinoë II., and Ptolemy I. with Berenice I. To the reign of Philadelphus we must assign the first issue of two series ..."

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