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Definition of Ptolemy II
1. Noun. Son of Ptolemy I and king of Egypt who was said to be responsible for the Septuagint (circa 309-247 BC).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ptolemy II
Literary usage of Ptolemy II
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Daughter of Lysimachus, king of Thrace, first wife of Ptolemy II. Philadelphia (285-247
BC). Accused of conspiring against her husband, who perhaps already ..."
2. Catalogue of Greek Coins: The Ptolemies, Kings of Egypt by British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals, Reginald Stuart Poole (1883)
"Coins with busts of Ptolemy II. with Arsinoë IL, ... The coins with the four
portraits, on the obverse those of Ptolemy II. with Arsinoë II., ..."
3. Catalogue of Greek Coins: The Ptolemies, Kings of Egypt by British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals, Reginald Stuart Poole (1883)
"Coin* with bunts of Ptolemy II. with Arsinoë II., and Ptolemy I. with Berenice I.
To the reign of Philadelphus we must assign the first issue of two series ..."
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