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The name Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus comes from the Greek Ptolemaios, which means warlike. There have been many people named Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus, the most famous of which are the Greek-Egyptian astronomer Claudius Ptolemaeus
Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemaeus , known in English as Ptolemy , was a Roman Greek mathematics, Greek astronomy, geographer and astrologer. He lived in History of Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD....
 and the Macedonian
Macedon

Macedon or Macedonia was the name of a monarchy centred in the northernmost part of ancient Greece. The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east....
 founder and ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom
Ptolemaic Kingdom

The Ptolemaic Kingdom in and around Egypt began following Alexander the Great's conquest in 332 BC and ended with the death of Cleopatra VII and the Aegyptus in 30 BC....
 in Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter

Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty....
. The following sections summarise the history of the name, some of the people named Ptolemy, and some of the other uses of this name.

English name Ptolemy has its roots in the Ancient Greek name Ptolemaios (warlike), which is an adjectival form of the word ptolemos, which is itself an 'epic' (Homeric) form of the word (LSJ: war).It is interesting that a nephew of Antigonus I
Antigonus I Monophthalmus

Antigonus I Monophthalmus son of Philip from Elimiotis, was a Macedonian nobleman, general, and satrap under Alexander the Great. He was a major figure in the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander's death, declaring himself king in 306 BC and establishing the Antigonid dynasty....
 was called Polemaeus.

The name Ptolemaios varied over the years from its roots in Ancient Greece, appearing in different languages in various forms and spellings.






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The name Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus comes from the Greek Ptolemaios, which means warlike. There have been many people named Ptolemy or Ptolemaeus, the most famous of which are the Greek-Egyptian astronomer Claudius Ptolemaeus
Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemaeus , known in English as Ptolemy , was a Roman Greek mathematics, Greek astronomy, geographer and astrologer. He lived in History of Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD....
 and the Macedonian
Macedon

Macedon or Macedonia was the name of a monarchy centred in the northernmost part of ancient Greece. The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east....
 founder and ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom
Ptolemaic Kingdom

The Ptolemaic Kingdom in and around Egypt began following Alexander the Great's conquest in 332 BC and ended with the death of Cleopatra VII and the Aegyptus in 30 BC....
 in Egypt, Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter

Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty....
. The following sections summarise the history of the name, some of the people named Ptolemy, and some of the other uses of this name.

Etymology and history

The English name Ptolemy has its roots in the Ancient Greek name Ptolemaios (warlike), which is an adjectival form of the word ptolemos, which is itself an 'epic' (Homeric) form of the word (LSJ: war).It is interesting that a nephew of Antigonus I
Antigonus I Monophthalmus

Antigonus I Monophthalmus son of Philip from Elimiotis, was a Macedonian nobleman, general, and satrap under Alexander the Great. He was a major figure in the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander's death, declaring himself king in 306 BC and establishing the Antigonid dynasty....
 was called Polemaeus.

The name Ptolemaios varied over the years from its roots in Ancient Greece, appearing in different languages in various forms and spellings. The original form, and some of the variants, are listed here in the languages relevant to the history of the name.

  • Arabic
    Arabic language

    Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
    : Batlemos
  • German
    German language

    German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
    :Ptolemäus or Ptolemaios
  • Greek
    Greek language

    Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
     (Greek alphabet):
  • Greek
    Greek language

    Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
     (Latin alphabet): Ptolemaios
  • Latin
    Latin

    Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
    : Ptolemaeus
  • Egyptian
    Egyptian hieroglyphs

    Egyptian hieroglyphs was a formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that contained a combination of logographic and alphabetic elements....
    : ptw?lmys


p:t-wA-l:M-i-i-s

  • Italian
    Italian language

    Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
    : Tolomeo
  • Spanish
    Spanish language

    Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
    : Ptolomeo or Tolomeo
  • English
    English language

    English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
    : Ptolemy
  • Aramaic
    Aramaic language

    Aramaic is a Semitic languages with a 3,000-year history. It has been the language of administration of empires and the language of divine worship....
    : Talmai
  • Hebrew: Talmai


Related is the Aramaic name Bar Talmai (Son of Ptolemy), which led to the names Bartolomeo (Italian) and Bartholomew (English) among others. Thus the name Ptolemy spread from its Greek origins to enter other languages in the Middle and Near East during the Hellenisation
Hellenistic civilization

File:Diadochen1.pngHellenistic civilization represents the zenith of Ancient Greece influence in the Classical Antiquity from 323 BC to about 146 BC ....
 that followed the conquest of the known world by Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great , also known as Alexander III of Macedon was an ancient Greeks King of Macedon . He was one of the most successful military commanders of all time and is presumed undefeated in battle....
.

The feminine name Ptolemais
Ptolemais

Ptolemais is the ancient name for the cities of:*Ptolemaida - named for the Macedonian Ptolemy who became Ptolemy I Soter*Acre, Israel - named for the Macedonian Ptolemy who became Ptolemy I Soter...
 is constructed from similar roots.

Early Greek rulers and generals named Ptolemy


  • Ptolemy (mythological)
    Ptolemy (mythological)

    In Greek mythology, Ptolemy was an ancestral ruler of Thebes, Greece, living in the 12th century BCE. His father was Damasichthon; his son, Xanthus....
     (12th century BC) - mythical ruler of the ancient Greek city of Thebes.
  • Ptolemy of Aloros
    Ptolemy of Aloros

    Ptolemy of Aloros , was sent by King Amyntas, as an envoy to Athens c. 375-373 BC. After Amyntas' death, he began a liaison with his widow, Eurydice....
     (ruled 368 to 365 BC) - Regent of Macedon.
  • Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)
    Ptolemy (son of Seleucus)

    Ptolemy son of Seleucus from Orestis or Tymphaia, was one of the select officers called Somatophylax, or guards of the king's person; he combined with that distinguished post the command of one of the divisions of the Phalanx formation....
     (died 333 BC) - Macedonian bodyguard and general of Alexander the Great.
  • Ptolemy (general)
    Ptolemy (general)

    Ptolemy was a nephew of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, the general of Alexander the Great who afterwards became king of Asia. His name is first mentioned as present with his uncle at the siege of Nora in 320 BC, when he was given up to Eumenes as a hostage for the safety of the latter during a conference with Antigonus....
     (died 309 BC) - Macedonian general and nephew of Antigonus I Monophthalmus.
  • Ptolemy of Epirus
    Ptolemy of Epirus

    Ptolemy , king of Epirus , was the second son of Alexander II of Epirus, king of Epirus, and Olympias of Epirus, and grandson of the great Pyrrhus of Epirus....
     (died 235 BC) - King of the Greek frontier kingdom of Epirus.


Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty (rulers)


The Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemaic dynasty

The Ptolemaic dynasty was a Hellenistic Macedonian royal family which ruled the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt for nearly 300 years, from 305 BC to 30 BC....
, of Macedonian origin, ruled Hellenistic Egypt for nearly 300 years, from 305 BC to 30 BC. The kings of this dynasty were all named Ptolemy. See Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemaic dynasty

The Ptolemaic dynasty was a Hellenistic Macedonian royal family which ruled the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt for nearly 300 years, from 305 BC to 30 BC....
 for details of their reigns and other ruling members of the dynasty. See also: Legacy of Ptolemy I Soter.
  • Ptolemy I Soter
    Ptolemy I Soter

    Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty....
     (367 BC-283 BC) - Macedonian general of Alexander the Great
  • Ptolemy II Philadelphus
    Ptolemy II Philadelphus

    Ptolemy II Philadelphus , was the king of Ptolemaic Egypt from 283 BC to 246 BC. He was the son of the founder of the Ptolemaic kingdom Ptolemy I Soter and Berenice I of Egypt, and was educated by Philitas of Cos....
  • Ptolemy III Euergetes
    Ptolemy III Euergetes

    Ptolemy III Euergetes, was the third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. He was the eldest son of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his first wife, Arsinoe I, and came to power in 246 BCE upon the death of his father....
  • Ptolemy IV Philopator
    Ptolemy IV Philopator

    Ptolemy IV Philopator , son of Ptolemy III of Egypt and Berenice II of Egypt was the fourth Pharaoh of the Ptolemaic Egypt. Under the reign of Ptolemy IV, the decline of the Ptolemaic dynasty began....
  • Ptolemy V Epiphanes
    Ptolemy V Epiphanes

    Ptolemy V Epiphanes , son of Ptolemy IV of Egypt and Arsinoe III of Egypt, was the 5th ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty. He became ruler at the age of five, and under a series of regents the kingdom was paralyzed....
  • Ptolemy VI Philometor
    Ptolemy VI Philometor

    File:Ptolemy_VI_Philometor_ring.jpgPtolemy VI Philometor was a king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty. He reigned from 180 to 145 BC.Ptolemy succeeded in 180 at the age of about 6 and ruled jointly with his mother, Cleopatra I, until her death in 176 BC....
  • Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator
    Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator

    Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator was an Egyptian king of the Ptolemaic dynasty period. His reign is controversial, and it is possible that he did not reign at all, but was only granted royal dignity posthumously....
  • Ptolemy VIII Physcon
    Ptolemy VIII Physcon

    Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II , nicknamed , Ph?skon, Physcon for his obesity, was a king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. His complicated career started in 170 BC, when Antiochus IV Epiphanes invaded Egypt, captured his brother Ptolemy VI Philometor and let him continue as a puppet monarch....
  • Ptolemy IX Lathyros
    Ptolemy IX Lathyros

    Ptolemy IX Soter II or Lathyros was king of Egypt three times, from 116 BC to 110 BC, 109 BC to 107 BC and 88 BC to 81 BC, with intervening periods ruled by his brother, Ptolemy X Alexander....
  • Ptolemy X Alexander I
    Ptolemy X Alexander I

    Ptolemy X Alexander I was King of Egypt from 110 BC to 109 BC and 107 BC till 88 BC.He was the son of Ptolemy VIII Physcon and Cleopatra III of Egypt....
  • Ptolemy XI Alexander II
    Ptolemy XI Alexander II

    Ptolemy XI Alexander II was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty who ruled Egypt for a few days in 80 BC.Ptolemy XI was born to Ptolemy X Alexander and either Cleopatra Selene I or Berenice III....
  • Ptolemy XII Auletes
    Ptolemy XII Auletes

    Ptolemy Neos Dionysos Theos Philopator Theos Philadelphos , New Dionysus, God Beloved of his Father, God Beloved of his Brother) was more commonly known as "Auletes" , or "Nothos" ....
  • Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
    Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator

    Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator was one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt....
  • Ptolemy XIV
    Ptolemy XIV of Egypt

    Ptolemy XIV , was a son of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. Following the death of his older brother Ptolemy XIII of Egypt on January 13, 47 BC, he was proclaimed Pharaoh and co-ruler by their older sister and remaining Pharaoh, Cleopatra VII of Egypt....
  • Ptolemy XV Caesarion
    Caesarion

    Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar, nicknamed Caesarion Greek language: ?t??e?a??? ??' F???p?t?? F?????t?? ?a?sa?, ?a?sa????, Ptolemaios Philop?tor Philom?tor Kaisar, Kaisar?on was the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, who reigned, as a child, jointly with his mother Cleopatra VII of Egypt from S...
     (47 BC-30 BC) - last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt


Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty (descendants)

There were several members of the Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemaic dynasty

The Ptolemaic dynasty was a Hellenistic Macedonian royal family which ruled the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt for nearly 300 years, from 305 BC to 30 BC....
 that did not become senior rulers of Egypt. Some of them became rulers of other kingdoms. Many of the dates and other details about these Ptolemies are uncertain.

  • Ptolemy Keraunos
    Ptolemy Keraunos

    Ptolemy Keraunos was the King of Macedon from 281 BC to 279 BC.He was the eldest son of Ptolemy I Soter and his first wife Eurydice . His younger half-brother, also called Ptolemy, became heir apparent and, in 282 BC, ascended to the throne as Ptolemy II Philadelphus....
     (died 279 BC) - eldest son of Ptolemy I Soter
    Ptolemy I Soter

    Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty....
    . Eventually became king of Macedon.
  • Ptolemy Andromachou (3rd century BC) - probable illegitimate son of Ptolemy II Philadelphus
    Ptolemy II Philadelphus

    Ptolemy II Philadelphus , was the king of Ptolemaic Egypt from 283 BC to 246 BC. He was the son of the founder of the Ptolemaic kingdom Ptolemy I Soter and Berenice I of Egypt, and was educated by Philitas of Cos....
    .
  • Ptolemy the Son co-ruler with Ptolemy Philadelphus, deposed; possibly his son; if so, possibly the same as Ptolemy Euergetes.
  • Ptolemy Eupator
    Ptolemy Eupator

    Ptolemy Eupator was for a short time in 152 BC joint ruler with his father Ptolemy VI Philometor. It is thought that Ptolemy Eupator died that same year....
    . Coruler with Ptolemy VI Philometor; probably his son. Probably died within months.
  • Ptolemy (grandson) (3rd or 2nd century BC) - grandson of Ptolemy the Son.
  • Ptolemy Apion
    Ptolemy Apion

    Ptolemy Apion or simply known as Apion was the last Greek Cyrenaean King and was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty. Ptolemy in descent was Greeks Ancient Macedonians and native Egyptian....
     (died 96 BC) - son of Ptolemy VIII Physcon
    Ptolemy VIII Physcon

    Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II , nicknamed , Ph?skon, Physcon for his obesity, was a king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. His complicated career started in 170 BC, when Antiochus IV Epiphanes invaded Egypt, captured his brother Ptolemy VI Philometor and let him continue as a puppet monarch....
    . Made king of Cyrenaica. Bequeathed Cyrenaica to Rome.
  • Ptolemy of Cyprus
    Ptolemy of Cyprus

    Ptolemy of Cyprus was the king of Cyprus c. 80-58 BC. He was the younger brother of Ptolemy XII Auletes, king of Ptolemaic Kingdom, and, like him, an illegitimate son of Ptolemy IX Lathyros....
     (died 58 BC) - son of Ptolemy IX Lathyros
    Ptolemy IX Lathyros

    Ptolemy IX Soter II or Lathyros was king of Egypt three times, from 116 BC to 110 BC, 109 BC to 107 BC and 88 BC to 81 BC, with intervening periods ruled by his brother, Ptolemy X Alexander....
    . Probable king of Cyprus.
  • Ptolemy Philadelphus (Cleopatra)
    Ptolemy Philadelphus (Cleopatra)

    Ptolemy Philadelphus was a Ptolemaic Prince and was the youngest child of Greeks Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman Republic Triumvir Mark Antony....
     (born 36 BC) - son of the Roman general Mark Antony and the Egyptian Ptolemaic queen Cleopatra VII.
  • Ptolemy of Mauretania
    Ptolemy of Mauretania

    Ptolemy of Mauretania or Ptolemy of Morocco was a prince and the last Roman client king of Mauretania.Ptolemy was the only son to queen Cleopatra Selene II and king Juba II of Mauretania....
     (reigned 21-40 AD) - grandson of Cleopatra VII. King of Mauretania and an ally of Rome.


Other Ptolemies

  • Ptolemy son of Abubus
    Abubus

    Abubus, also spelt Abobus or Abobi, was the father of Ptolemy. He is mentioned only in the 1 Maccabees and , wherein Ptolemy invites Simon Maccabaeus and his two sons, Mattathias and Judas Maccabaeus, to a banquet, subsequently killing them....
    , murderer of Simon Maccabaeus
    Simon Maccabaeus

    Simon Maccabaeus was a son of Mattathias Maccabaeus and thus a member of the Hasmonean family.He took part in the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid Empire led by his brothers, Judas Maccabaeus and Jonathan Maccabaeus....
     and his sons
  • Ptolemy-el-Garib
    Ptolemy-el-Garib

    Ptolemy-el-Garib was a Hellenistic civilization pinacographer, probably of the Peripatetic school, who wrote a Life of Aristotle notable for its catalog of Aristotle's works....
    , a Peripatetic pinacographer whose Life of Aristotle survives in Arabic translation
  • Ptolemy (son of Dorymenes) (circa 66 BC) - soldier in the Seleucid Empire under Lysias
    Lysias (Syrian chancellor)

    Lysias, or Lusias was a second century Seleucid General and governor of Syria under the Seleucid Empire.He was described as, "A noble man, and one of the blood royal"....
    .
  • Ptolemy (son of Mennaeus)
    Ptolemy (son of Mennaeus)

    Ptolemy or Ptolomaeus, son of Mennaeus was tetrarch of Iturea and Chalcis from about 85 BCE to 40 BCE, in which year he died. He tried to extend his kingdom by warlike expeditions ; and ruled the Lebanon, threatened Damascus, subjugated several districts on the Phoenician coast, and once had Paneas in his hands ....
     (rule ended circa 40 BC) - governor of Abilene
    Abilene (biblical)

    Abilene or simply Abila was a plain, a district in Coele-Syria, of which the chief town was Abila Lysaniou . The limits of this region are nowhere exactly defined, but it seems to have included the eastern slopes of Anti-Lebanon range, and to have extended south and southeast of Damascus as far as the borders of Galilee, Batanaea, and...
    , a district of the disputed region of Coele-Syria.
  • Ptolemy (Acts of Peter) - a character in the Acts of Peter
    Acts of Peter

    The Acts of Peter is one of the earliest of the apocryphal acts of the apostles. The majority of the text has survived only in the Latin translation of the Vercelli manuscript....
    , who was a rich man trying to marry the daughter of Peter
  • Claudius Ptolemaeus
    Ptolemy

    Claudius Ptolemaeus , known in English as Ptolemy , was a Roman Greek mathematics, Greek astronomy, geographer and astrologer. He lived in History of Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD....
     (circa 90-circa 168) - also known as Ptolemy, he was an author, geographer, mathematician, astronomer and astrologer who lived in the Greek culture of Roman Egypt. See also: Legacy of Claudius Ptolemaeus.
  • Ptolemaeus Chennus
    Ptolemaeus Chennus

    Ptolemaeus Chennus or Chennos , of Alexandria, was a Greece grammarian during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian.According to the Suda, he was the author of an historical drama named Sphinx, of an epic, Anthomeros, in 24 books and a Strange History....
     (2nd century AD) - grammarian who lived in the Greek culture of Roman Egypt.
  • Ptolemy (gnostic)
    Ptolemy (gnostic)

    Ptolemy the Gnostic was a disciple of the Gnosticism teacher Valentinius, and is known to us for an epistle he wrote to a wealthy woman named Flora, herself not a gnostic....
     (circa 180 AD) - a religious philosopher who was active in Roman Italy and Gaul.
  • Ptolemaeus and Lucius
    Ptolemaeus and Lucius

    Ptolemaeus and Lucius are venerated as Christian martyrs and saints, who died during the reign of Marcus Aurelius....
    , Christian martyrs
  • Ptolemaeus Secundus, a Latin nickname for the Arab polymath Ibn al-Haytham.
  • Ptolemy I of Tusculum
    Ptolemy I of Tusculum

    Ptolemy I was the count of Tusculum in the first quarter of the twelfth century. He was a son of Gregory III of Tusculum. Peter Pisanus, in his Vita Paschalis II refers to Ptolemy and the abbot of Farfa as the allies of the emperor in the same way that the Saints Saint Peter and Paul of Tarsus were the allies of the pope....
     (d.1126) - count of Tusculum who asserted his family's descent from the Roman Julii.
  • Ptolemy II of Tusculum
    Ptolemy II of Tusculum

    Ptolemy II was the count of Tusculum and consul of the Romans from 1126 to his death. He was the son and successor of Ptolemy I of Tusculum....
     (d.1153) - count of Tusculum who married Bertha, daughter of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
    Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor

    Henry V was King of Germany and Holy Roman Empire , the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty. Henry's reign coincided with the final phase of the great Investiture Controversy, which had pitted pope against emperor....
    .
  • Bernard Tolomeo (Italian spelling of Ptolemy) (1272-1348) - founder of the Olivetan Roman Catholic religious order.
  • Tolomeo da Lucca (ca. 1227-ca. 1327), also known as Bartholomew of Lucca, historian and Dominican.
  • John Baptist Tolomei (Italian variant of Ptolemy) (1653-1726) - Jesuit theologian and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Franciscus Ptolemaeus or Francesco Tolommei, 17th. century italian erudite, author of Vetustalia seu Vetustatis admiranda, Rome: Ignatius de Lazaris, 1664.


Variant epithets

Several Ptolemies, particularly those from the Ptolemaic period, were recorded by a variety of epithets, not all of which can be assigned with certainty to any one Ptolemy. Some of these variant epithets are listed here, along with some of the identifications suggested by scholars. Some of these identifications remain a matter of controversy.

  • Ptolemy the Son
  • Ptolemy son of Lysimachus
  • Ptolemy of Telmessos
  • Ptolemy "the Brother"


Legacy of Claudius Ptolemaeus


  • Ptolemaic system
    Ptolemaic System

    In the Ptolemaic system, each planet is moved by five or more spheres: one sphere is its deferent. The deferent was a circle centered around a point halfway between the equant and the earth....
     - astronomical worldview as described by Claudius Ptolemaeus.
  • Ptolemy world map - map of the ancient world as described by Claudius Ptolemaeus.
  • Ptolemy's theorem
    Ptolemy's theorem

    Ptolemy's theorem is a relation in Euclidean geometry between the four sides and two diagonals of a cyclic quadrilateral . The theorem is named after the Roman Greece astronomy and mathematics Ptolemy ....
     - mathematical theorem described by Claudius Ptolemaeus.
  • Ptolemy Cluster
    Ptolemy Cluster

    Messier 7 or M7, also designated NGC 6475 and sometimes known as known as the Ptolemy Cluster, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Scorpius....
     - star cluster described by Claudius Ptolemaeus.


Legacy of Ptolemy I Soter


  • Ptolemaic period - period of Egyptian history during the Ptolemaic dynasty.
  • Ptolemaic dynasty
    Ptolemaic dynasty

    The Ptolemaic dynasty was a Hellenistic Macedonian royal family which ruled the Ptolemaic Empire in Egypt for nearly 300 years, from 305 BC to 30 BC....
     - Egyptian ruling dynasty founded by Ptolemy I Soter.
  • Ptolemaic Kingdom
    Ptolemaic Kingdom

    The Ptolemaic Kingdom in and around Egypt began following Alexander the Great's conquest in 332 BC and ended with the death of Cleopatra VII and the Aegyptus in 30 BC....
     - the kingdom founded by Ptolemy I Soter.
  • Ptolemais
    Ptolemais

    Ptolemais is the ancient name for the cities of:*Ptolemaida - named for the Macedonian Ptolemy who became Ptolemy I Soter*Acre, Israel - named for the Macedonian Ptolemy who became Ptolemy I Soter...
     - towns and cities named after members of the Ptolemaic dynasty.


Other


A non-exhaustive list of other, generally later, uses of the name Ptolemy includes:
  • Ptolemaeus crater
    Ptolemaeus (lunar crater)

    Ptolemaeus is an ancient lunar impact crater close to the center of the near side. To the south-southeast Ptolemaeus is joined to the rim of the crater Alphonsus by a section of rugged, irregular terrain, and these form a prominent chain with Arzachel to the south....
     on the Moon - named for Claudius Ptolemaeus
    Ptolemy

    Claudius Ptolemaeus , known in English as Ptolemy , was a Roman Greek mathematics, Greek astronomy, geographer and astrologer. He lived in History of Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD....
    .
  • Ptolemaeus crater on Mars
    List of craters on Mars

    There are hundreds of thousands of Impact crater on Mars , but only some of them have names. Here is a list of named Martian craters. Martian craters are named after famous scientists and science fiction authors, or if less than 60 km in diameter, after towns on Earth ....
     - named for Claudius Ptolemaeus
    Ptolemy

    Claudius Ptolemaeus , known in English as Ptolemy , was a Roman Greek mathematics, Greek astronomy, geographer and astrologer. He lived in History of Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD....
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  • 4001 Ptolemaeus
    4001 Ptolemaeus

    4001 Ptolemaeus is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on August 02, 1949 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.External links ...
     - an asteroid named for Claudius Ptolemaeus
    Ptolemy

    Claudius Ptolemaeus , known in English as Ptolemy , was a Roman Greek mathematics, Greek astronomy, geographer and astrologer. He lived in History of Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD....
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  • Ptolemy Project
    Ptolemy Project (computing)

    The Ptolemy project is an ongoing project aimed at modeling, simulating, and designing Concurrency , real-time computing, embedded systems. The focus of the Ptolemy project is on assembling concurrent components....
     - a computing project based at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. The project started in the 1980s and is named for Claudius Ptolemaeus
    Ptolemy

    Claudius Ptolemaeus , known in English as Ptolemy , was a Roman Greek mathematics, Greek astronomy, geographer and astrologer. He lived in History of Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD....
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  • - a project to allow surgeons in Africa to access medical texts in the online library of the University of Toronto, Canada. It started in 2001, and was inspired by the medical library of Alexandria, founded by Ptolemy I Soter
    Ptolemy I Soter

    Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty....
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  • Tolomeo
    Tolomeo desk lamp

    The Tolomeo incandescent lamp desk lamp is an icon of Italy modern industrial design. It was designed by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina in 1986 for the Artemide company....
     (the Italian spelling of Ptolemy) - an iconic desk lamp design produced for the Italian company Artemide in 1986.
  • Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise, a character in The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
    The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher

    The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher is a book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was first published in 1906.This book tells the story of a frog who decides to go fishing for minnows for supper....
     by Beatrix Potter
    Beatrix Potter

    Helen Beatrix Potter was an English author, illustrator, mycology and Conservation movement who was best known for her many best-selling Children's literature that featured animal characters, such as Peter Rabbit....
  • Ptolemaic Terrascope
    Ptolemaic Terrascope

    Ptolemaic Terrascope is a magazine covering old and new music, usually of a psychedelic rock nature. It has been published irregularly since 1989....
     - magazine (founded 1989). The name was inspired by "Ptolemy the turtle, who lives at Terrascope Towers". Various artworks and logos feature an astronomer peering through a 'terrascope', so Ptolemaic may here refer to Claudius Ptolemaeus.
  • Ptolemy's Gate
    Ptolemy's Gate

    Ptolemy's Gate is the third book in the Bartimaeus Trilogy, written by Jonathan Stroud. It was released in the UK in September 2005, and in the US in December of '05....
     (published 2005) - the third book in The Bartimaeus Trilogy, a fantasy series by the English author Jonathan Stroud. The series includes a character called Ptolemy, from 2nd century BC Ptolemaic Egypt, who is nephew to Ptolemy VIII and cousin to Ptolemy IX.
  • Claudius Ptolemaeus is featured as a wizard called Ptolemy, on a magical collectible card in the fictional Harry Potter universe.
  • The Ptolemy (1934) - a large reed organ built by the American composer Harry Partch
    Harry Partch

    File:Harry Partch Institute-6.jpgHarry Partch was an United Statesn composer and musical instrument creator. He was one of the first twentieth-century composers to work extensively and systematically with microtonality scale s, writing much of his music for custom-made instruments that he built himself, tuned in 11-limit just intonation....
    . This may have been named in tribute to Claudius Ptolemaeus, who summarized the musical work of philosophers like Pythagorus.
  • Tolomeo
    Tolomeo

    Tolomeo, re di Egitto is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to an Italy text by Nicola Francesco Haym, adapted from Carlo Sigismondo Capece's Tolomeo et Alessandro....
     (the Italian spelling of Ptolemy) - an opera by Handel, composed in 1728. It is set in Egypt around 108 BC, when Ptolemy IX Lathyros
    Ptolemy IX Lathyros

    Ptolemy IX Soter II or Lathyros was king of Egypt three times, from 116 BC to 110 BC, 109 BC to 107 BC and 88 BC to 81 BC, with intervening periods ruled by his brother, Ptolemy X Alexander....
     deposed his mother and joint ruler of Egypt, Cleopatra III, for his younger brother, who reigned as Ptolemy X Alexander I
    Ptolemy X Alexander I

    Ptolemy X Alexander I was King of Egypt from 110 BC to 109 BC and 107 BC till 88 BC.He was the son of Ptolemy VIII Physcon and Cleopatra III of Egypt....
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  • Ptolemy Dean
    Ptolemy Dean

    Ptolemy Dean, a British architect and television presenter. He specialises in historic preservation, as well as designing new buildings that are in keeping with their historic or natural settings....
     (20th and 21st century) - British architect, author, and television consultant.
  • Ptolemy Tompkins
    Ptolemy Tompkins

    Ptolemy Tompkins is an American writer. Author of Paradise Fever and a senior editor, at Guideposts Magazine. He resides with his wife in New York City....
     (20th and 21st century) - American author.