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*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Ptolemaic Kings (sources)]]
#REDIRECT [[:Category:Ptolemaic Kings (subject)]]
*SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see [[Ptolemaic Kings]]
 
 
'''Ptolemaic Kings''' reigned in the 3rd century over Judea.
 
==List of Ptolemaic Kings, and years in office==
 
< [[Alexander the Great]] >
 
*[[Ptolemy I Soter]], 303-285 BCE
**Married first (probably) Thaïs, secondly Artakama, thirdly Eurydice and finally Berenice I
**Founded the Library of Alexandria
**Took control of the land of Israel, around 301 BCE
 
*[[Ptolemy II Philadelphus]], 285-246 BCE
**Married Arsinoe I, then Arsinoe II Philadelphus
**Ruled jointly with Ptolemy the Son (267 BC-259 BCE)
**According to the Letter of Aristeas (and Josephus), commissioned the Greek translation of the Torah (the so-called [[Septuagint]])
 
*[[Ptolemy III Euergetes]], 246-221 BCE
**Married [[Berenice II]]
**Fought successfully against the Seleucids in the so-called Third Syrian War
 
*[[Ptolemy IV Philopator]], 221-203 BCE
**Married Arsinoe III
**Defeated the Seleucid King [[Antiochus III the Great]]
**Was made the protagonist of the events narrated in [[3 Maccabees]]
 
*[[Ptolemy V Epiphanes]], 203-181 BCE
**Was still a child when he became king
**Lost control of the land of Israel to the Seleucid King [[Antiochus III the Great]] after the battle of Panium in 198 BCE
**Married Cleopatra I, daughter of [[[[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus]], in 193 BCE
 
< [[Seleucid Kings]] >
 
==Ptolemaic Kings in ancient sources==
 
==Ptolemaic Kings in Scholarship==
 
==Ptolemaic Kings in Fiction==
 
==Related categories==
 
*[[Letter of Aristeas]] / [[Book of Qoheleth]] / [[Book of Tobit]] / [[Zenon Papyri]]
 
==External links==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_dynasty Wikipedia]




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