Category:Ptolemaic Kings (subject)

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

• 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
  • Married Cleopatra I
  • Lost control of the land of Israel to the Seleucid King Antiochus III the Great

< Seleucid Kings >

Ptolemaic Kings in ancient sources

Ptolemaic Kings in Scholarship

Ptolemaic Kings in Fiction

Related categories

• Letter of Aristeas (text) / Book of Qoheleth (text) / Book of Tobit (text) / Zenon Papyri (text)

External links

• Wikipedia