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| *'''Claudius Ptolmaeus''', called ], was an ancient Greek geographer and astronomer | *'''Claudius Ptolmaeus''', called ], was an ancient Greek geographer and astronomer | ||
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| *] Philosopher 180 CE; | *] Philosopher 180 CE; | ||
| *The ] of ] included many kings by that name: | *The ] of ] included many kings by that name: | ||
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There have been several people named Ptolemy:
- Claudius Ptolmaeus, called Ptolemy, was an ancient Greek geographer and astronomer
- He synthesized and extended earlier ideas to create the Ptolemaic system.
- Ptolemy (gnostic) Philosopher 180 CE;
- The Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt included many kings by that name:
- Ptolemy I Soter
- Ptolemy II Philadelphus
- Ptolemy III Euergetes
- Ptolemy IV Philopator
- Ptolemy V Epiphanes
- Ptolemy VI Philometor
- Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator (never reigned)
- Ptolemy VIII Physcon
- Ptolemy IX Lathyros
- Ptolemy X Alexander I
- Ptolemy XI Alexander II
- Ptolemy XII Auletes
- Ptolemy XIII
- Ptolemy XIV
- Ptolemy XV Caesarion
- Ptolemy, general and nephew of Antigonus
- Ptolemy (son of Seleucus), one of Alexander the Great's bodyguards
- Ptolemy Keraunos, a king of Macedon, slain by Brennus the Gaul in battle.
- Ptolemy Apion, son of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II and ruler of Cyrenaica
- Ptolemy of Mauretania
- Ptolemy, governor of Abilene
- Ptolemy, mythical ruler of Thebes, Greece.
- Ptolemaeus Chennus, 2nd-century grammarian
- Ptolemy Project - modeling, simulation, and design of concurrent, real-time, embedded systems
Other Ptolemies include:
- Ptolemy, mascot of the Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine.
- Tolomeo (the Italian spelling of Ptolemy) is the name of a well-known desk lamp of modern design.
- Ptolemy, a semi-fictional character in the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud.
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