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Ptolemais was a tribe (phyle) added by the ancient Athenians to the previous list of 12 Athenian tribes (forming the demes). The date of the addition used to be subject of a scientific discourse, but modern researchers agree with William Scott Ferguson who (in 1932) suggested that the event took place in 224–223 B.C.. Ptolemy III was chosen as one of the Eponymous Heroes due to urgency of keeping friendship with Egypt. The Monument of the Eponymous Heroes had one statue added, starting the so-called Period III.

While Athenians added the new phyle to their list at the 7th place, modern researchers use the Roman numeral XIII to designate Ptolemais.

The demes that formed Ptolemais were collected from 10 out of 12 old phylai (the "Macedonian" tribes Antigonis and Demetrias were spared).

References

1. ^ Pritchett 1942, p. 413.
2. Russo 2023, p. 83.
3. Pritchett 1942, p. 423.
4. Pritchett 1942, p. 413, Note 1.
5. Pritchett 1942, p. 425.

Sources

• Bates, F.O. (1898). The Five Post-Kleisthenean Tribes. Cornell studies in classical philology. Vol. VIII. Press of Andrus & Church. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
• Pritchett, Kendrick (1942). "The Tribe Ptolemais". The American Journal of Philology. 63 (4): 413–432. doi:10.2307/291557.
• Russo, Daria (2023). "Lead Tokens and Athenian Tribes: Iconography and Contexts of Use". In Gkikaki, M.E. (ed.). Tokens in Classical Athens and Beyond (PDF). Liverpool University Press. pp. 83–110. ISBN 978-1-83764-389-9.

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