He related the acts of his close
adherence
to whom he was called 'Ex-
of the Egyptian kings in three books, as we learn Detos or 'Em10érns.
of the Egyptian kings in three books, as we learn Detos or 'Em10érns.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - c
272, and took a prominent part in the (Polyb.
xvi.
22.
)
attack on Sparta, but in the march from thence 19. Surnamed Macron, an Egyptian officer,
towards Argos, Areus having occupied the moun- who was appointed to the government of Cyprus
tain passes, a severe combat ensued, in which during the minority of Ptolemy Philometor; an
Ptolemy, who commanded the advanced guard of office which he discharged with zeal and ability.
his father's army, was slain. Young as he was, By prudent economy in the administration of the
he had given the most striking proofs of daring island, he amassed a large sum of money which he
courage and personal prowess, and, had his life sent to Philometor, on his attaining his majority,
been spared, would probably have rivalled the and thus secured the favour of the young king
renown of his father. (Justin. xxv. 3, 4; Plut. (Polyb. xxvii. 12, and Vales. ad loc. ). What led
Pyrrh. 28, 30. )
to the change in his policy we know not, but we
10. Son of Alexander II. king of Epeirus. subsequently find him betraying his trust, and
[PTOLEMAEUS, king of EPEIRUS. ]
giving over the island of Cyprus to Antiochus
11. An illegitimate son of Ptolemy Philadel. Epiphanes. (2 Macc. x. 12. )
phus, king of Egypt, who was appointed by his 20. A rhetorician of Alexandria, who was em-
father to command at Ephesus, when that im- ployed as ambassador by Ptolemy Euergetes II. to
portant city fell into his hands during the war Antiochus Epiphanes when the latter was besieging
with Antiochus II. Ptolemy was subsequently Alexandria, B. c. 170 (Polyb. xxviii. 16). He is
induced to revolt from his father, in conjunction perhaps the same person with the brother of Comanus,
with Timarchus, tyrant of Miletus, and attempted whom we find accompanying that minister on his
to establish his own power at Ephesus, but was embassy to Rome in B. c. 162. (Id. xxxi. 27. )
compelled by a mutiny of his Thracian mer- 21. An Egyptian, surnamed SYMPETESIS, who
cenaries to take refuge in the temple of Diana, was appointed by Ptolemy Euergetes II. to govern
where he was slain together with his mistress Cyrene during his absence, when he went to
Eirene. (Trog. Pomp. Prol
. xxvi. ; Athen. xiii. Rome in B. c. 162, to prefer his complaints in
p. 593, a. ; Niebuhr, Kl. Schrift. p. 268—271. ) person against his brother Philometor. " He sub-
12. Son of Chrysermus, an officer high in the sequently joined in the revolt of the Cyrenaeans
confidence of Ptolemy Philopator. He had been against Euergetes, and appears to have commanded
for some time on friendly terms with Cleomenes, the army with which they defeated him near the
whom he visited during his confinement ; but acci- Catabathmus. (Polyb. xxxi. 26. )
dentally betrayed to the latter the true intentions of 22. Surnamed Caesarion, a son of C. Julius
the king of Egypt in regard to him, and thus gave Caesar and Cleopatra. [CAESARION. )
rise to his attempted insurrection. On the first 23. Surnamed PHILADELPHUS, a son of M. An-
breaking out of the tumult Ptolemy, having issued tong, the Triumvir, by Cleopatra. He was the
forth from the palace, was instantly attacked and youngest of their three children, and could there-
put to death by three of the friends of Cleomenes, fore hardly have been born before B. C. 39. (Dion
B. C. 220. (Plut. Cleom. 36, 37. )
Cass. xlix. 32. ) In B. C. 34, he was proclaimed by
13. Another person of the same name was go- his father king of Syria, including Cilicia, and all the
vernor of the city of Alexandria at the time of the provinces st of the Euphrates (Dion Cass. xlix.
outbreak of Cleomenes, and having fallen in with 41 ; Plut. Ant. 54). After the death of Antony,
the little band of Spartans, was dragged from his and the subjugation of Egypt, B. c. 30, his life was
chariot and put to death. (Polyb. v. 39; Plut. spared by Augustus, at the intercession of Juba and
Cleom. 37. )
Cleopatra, and he was brought up by Octavia with
14. A Macedonian officer of high rank in the
army of Philip V. during the Social War, who
* This passage is referred by Schweighäuser to
joined with Leontius and Megaleas in promoting Ptolemy son of Agesarchus, to whom it is certainly
the treasonable designs of Apelles, and was in not applicable.
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her own children, but we hear nothing more of him. 7. A sophist and Peripatetic philosopher, of the
(Dion Cass. li. 15; Plut. Ant. 87. ) [E. H. B. ] beginning of the third century of our era, whom
PTOLEMAEUS (Iltonepaios), literary. The Longinus mentions that he had seen in his youth.
celebrated astronomer and geographer of this name We also learn from Longinus that Ptolemy left no
is spoken of below under PTOLEM ABUS, CLAUDIUS. writings except poems and declamations. (Praef.
I. HISTORIANS. 1. Of Megalopolis, the son of ad Lib. Tepl Témous, ap. Porphyr. Vit. Plotin. p.
Agesarchus, wrote a history of king Ptolemy IV. | 127 ; comp. Harless, ad Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iii.
Philopator, which is quoted by Athenaeus (vi. p. p. 504, n. tr. )
246, C. , X. p. 425, e. , xiii. p. 577, f. ), Clemens 8. A Platonic philosopher, of whom nothing is
Alexandrinus (Protrep. p. 13), and Arnobius (vi. known, except that he lived before Proclus, who
4). From these passages it is clear that the his quotes him in his work on the Timaeus of Plato
torian lived at the court of Ptolemy, who reigned (i. p. 7, b).
from B. c. 222 to B. C. 204. (Vossius, de Hist. III. GRAMMARIANS. 9. Of Alexandria, sur-
Graec. p. 157, ed. Westermann; Fabric. Bibl. named Pindarion, was the son of Oroandrus, and
Graec rol. v. p. 295). Schweighäuser supposes the disciple of Aristarchus (Suid. s. v. ). Suidas
that the Ptolemy, who was governor of Cyprus mentions the following as his works :- "Ομηρικών
during the regency of Ptolemy Philometor, is the | υποδειγμάτων βιβλία γ, περί του Ομηρικού χαρακ-
Bame as Ptolemy of Megalopolis (Polyb. xxvii. 12); τήρος, προς Νεοθαλίδην περί λέξεως, περί του παρ
but the governor of Cyprus was a different person. | Ομήρω Ούτιδος, περί Αστεροπαίου του παρ’ Ομήρω
[See above, No. 19. )
urmuovevouévov, and others. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec.
2. An Egyptian priest, of Mendes, who wrote on vol. i. p. 520, vol. vi. p. 378).
the ancient history of Egypt (τα Αίγυπτίων ανέκα- 10. Another disciple of Aristarchus, on account
Oev iotopôv, Syncell, p. 64).
He related the acts of his close adherence to whom he was called 'Ex-
of the Egyptian kings in three books, as we learn Detos or 'Em10érns. He was also a hearer of the
from Clemens Alexandrinus (Strom. i. p. 138), grammarian Hellanicus. He wrote upon the
who immediately before quotes from Ptolemy év Wounds mentioned by Homer (stepl twv map
Tois xpóvois, by which it appears doubtful whether 'Ounpe ta nyw), and a Commentary on the Odys-
we are to understand another distinct work, or a sey (Suid. s. o. ; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. I. cc. ).
set of chronological tables connected with his great 11. The father of the grammarian Aristonicus,
work on Egyptian history. Tatian also (adv. was himself also a grammarian. Both father and
Graec. 59) mentions him as a distinguished chro- son were distinguished as teachers at Rome. The
nologer, and presently afterwards refers to his following were his works:-rd dolws cipnuéva
χρόνοι. A scholiast on Ηomer also quotes from | τοίς τραγικοίς, εις “Ομηρον βιβλία ν', τα παρά το
Ptolemy, εν τώ πρώτο χρόνο (Schol. Buttm. in Od. | ποιητή ξένως ιστορημένα, τα περί Μουσών και
iv. 228). He is also referred to by Justin (Ex- Nopniowy (Suid. s. v. ; Fabric. ll. cc. ).
hort. ad Graec. p. 10), Eusebius (Praep. Evang. x. 12. Of Ascalon, taught at Rome. His works
12), Tertullian (Apol. 19), and Cyril (c. Julian. were, προσφδία Ομηρική, περί Ελληνισμού ήτοι
i. p. 15).
ορθοεπίας βιβλία ιε', περί μέτρων, περί της έν
He probably lived under the first Roman empe- | Οδυσσεία Αριστάρχου διορθώσεως, περί διαφοράς
rors ; for, since his work on Egypt was quoted by Régewv, and other grammatical works. The most
Apion (Clem. Alex. l. c. ), it could not have been important of these works was that mepl diapopas
written later than the time of Tiberius ; and, on défewv, which formed the foundation of the similar
the other hand, the absence of any allusion to it in work of Ammonius. It is still extant, and it is
Strabo, or any earlier writer, affords some presump- printed in the Bibliotheca Graeca of Fabricius (vol
tion that it could not have been written earlier than vi. pp. 156—163, comp. vol. i. p. 52).
the time of Augustus. This conclusion would be- 13. Of Alexandria, surnamed Chennus, flou-
come certain, if we were to adopt the opinion of rished under Trajan and Hadrian. His works
Meursius and Vossius, that this Ptolemy was the were, tepi tapadógov iotoplas ; an historical drama,
author of a work upon King Herod, which is quoted entitled Spiys; an epic poem, in twenty-four
by Ammonius (de Verb. Diff. s. v. ʼldovuaiol); but rhapsodies, entitled 'Avoóunpos, and some others.
it is at least as probable that the author there cited (Suid. s. v. ) We still possess in the Bibliotheca
is Ptolemy of Ascalon, of whose authority Ammo- of Photius (Cod. 190) an epitome of the work of
nius makes use in other articles. (Vossius, de Hist. Ptolemy, tepi tiis eis moduualíay kairñs istopías,
Graec. pp. 225, 226, ed. Westermann ; Fabric. in seven books, which there can be little doubt is the
Bibl. Graec. vol. v. p. 296. )
same work as that which Suidas mentions by the
II. PHILOSOPHERS AND SOPHISTS. 3, 4. Of title mepl tapaðóçou (otopías. Photius commends
Alexandria, two disciples of Epicurus, of whom the the work as containing in a small space inform-
only further information we possess is, that they ation which a whole life might be spent in collect-
were distinguished as o uéras and ó neukós (Diog. ing from other books; but he adds, that it contains
Laërt. x. 25).
many things which are marvellous and absurd, and
5. Cyrene, a sceptic, was the disciple of badly put together. It is in fact a farrago of the
Eubulus, the disciple of Eupbranor, the disciple of most heterogeneous materials. It is addressed to
Timon. Diogenes tells us, that Timon had no suc- a certain learned lady named Tertulla.
cessor until his school was restored by Ptolemy Suidas and Photius speak of Ptolemy as 8
(ir. 115, 116).
'Họalot1wvos, which is naturally interpreted the
6. Of Naucratis, a sophist, surnamed Marathon, son of Hephaestion; but there is some doubt whe-
was a hearer of Herodes Atticus, but an imitator of ther it ought not rather to be understood as mean-
Polemon ; and an opponent of Heracleides Lycius. ing the futher or teacher of Hephaestion (see lon-
The particulars of his life, which are not of sufficient sius, de Script. Ilist. Philos. i. 2. & 5, and Villoison,
importance to be mentioned here, may be read in Proleg. ad Apollon. Lex. Hom. p. ir. ). Tzetzes
Philostratus. (Vil. Sophist. ii. pp. 591, &c. 668). calls him Ptolemy Hephaestion.
a
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oo 4
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1
Suidas mentions a Ptolemy of Cythera, an epic giving hostages for his friendly disposition towards
poet, who wrote a poem about the virtues of the the Thebang (Plut. Pelop. 27. ) To this new
plant called psalacantha; but this statement is alliance it may be ascribed that Ptolemy aban-
perhaps the result of some confusion, since the doned his friendly relations with the Athenians,
work of Ptolemy Chennus contains various marvel- notwithstanding the benefits he had received from
lous statements respecting that very plant. Iphicrates. (Aesch. I. c. p. 32. ) He continued to
The work of Ptolemy has been edited, with administer the sovereign power for a period of
commentaries, by And. Schottus and Dav. Hoes three years, when he was, in his turn, assassinated
chelius in Gale's Historiae Poeticae Scriptores, by the young king Perdiccas III. , B. C. 364.
p. 303, &c. Paris, 1675, 8vo. , with a dissertation (Diod. xv. 77. ) Diodorus gives Ptolemy the title of
upon Ptolemy; by L. H. Teucher, with Conon and king, and his name is included by the chrona
Parthenius, Lips. 1794, 8vo. ; and by Westermann, graphers among the Macedonian kings (Dexippus
in his Mythographi, p. 182, &c. Brunsv. 1813, ap. Syncell. l. c. ; Euseb. Arm. pp. 153, 154), but
8vo. (Vossius, de Hist. Graec. p. 256, ed. Wester- it seems more probable that he assumed the regal
mann; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. v. pp. 295, 296, authority without its designation. (Compare, in
vol. vi. pp. 377, 378).
regard to the above facts, Thirlwall's Greece, vol. 8.
13. A heretic, of the sect of the Valentinians p. 162-165; Flathe, Gesch. Macedoniens, vol. i.
(Iren. adv. Hacres. Praef. ). His Letter to Flora p. 38–40 ; and Abel, Makedonien vor König
is preserved by Epiphanius (xxx. 7), and printed | Philipp. p. 217—223. )
(E. H. B. )
in Grabe's Spicilegium Patrum (Dodwell, Dissert. PTOLEMAEUS (Πτολεμαίος), surnamed
ad Iren. pp. 318, foll. ; Fabric.
attack on Sparta, but in the march from thence 19. Surnamed Macron, an Egyptian officer,
towards Argos, Areus having occupied the moun- who was appointed to the government of Cyprus
tain passes, a severe combat ensued, in which during the minority of Ptolemy Philometor; an
Ptolemy, who commanded the advanced guard of office which he discharged with zeal and ability.
his father's army, was slain. Young as he was, By prudent economy in the administration of the
he had given the most striking proofs of daring island, he amassed a large sum of money which he
courage and personal prowess, and, had his life sent to Philometor, on his attaining his majority,
been spared, would probably have rivalled the and thus secured the favour of the young king
renown of his father. (Justin. xxv. 3, 4; Plut. (Polyb. xxvii. 12, and Vales. ad loc. ). What led
Pyrrh. 28, 30. )
to the change in his policy we know not, but we
10. Son of Alexander II. king of Epeirus. subsequently find him betraying his trust, and
[PTOLEMAEUS, king of EPEIRUS. ]
giving over the island of Cyprus to Antiochus
11. An illegitimate son of Ptolemy Philadel. Epiphanes. (2 Macc. x. 12. )
phus, king of Egypt, who was appointed by his 20. A rhetorician of Alexandria, who was em-
father to command at Ephesus, when that im- ployed as ambassador by Ptolemy Euergetes II. to
portant city fell into his hands during the war Antiochus Epiphanes when the latter was besieging
with Antiochus II. Ptolemy was subsequently Alexandria, B. c. 170 (Polyb. xxviii. 16). He is
induced to revolt from his father, in conjunction perhaps the same person with the brother of Comanus,
with Timarchus, tyrant of Miletus, and attempted whom we find accompanying that minister on his
to establish his own power at Ephesus, but was embassy to Rome in B. c. 162. (Id. xxxi. 27. )
compelled by a mutiny of his Thracian mer- 21. An Egyptian, surnamed SYMPETESIS, who
cenaries to take refuge in the temple of Diana, was appointed by Ptolemy Euergetes II. to govern
where he was slain together with his mistress Cyrene during his absence, when he went to
Eirene. (Trog. Pomp. Prol
. xxvi. ; Athen. xiii. Rome in B. c. 162, to prefer his complaints in
p. 593, a. ; Niebuhr, Kl. Schrift. p. 268—271. ) person against his brother Philometor. " He sub-
12. Son of Chrysermus, an officer high in the sequently joined in the revolt of the Cyrenaeans
confidence of Ptolemy Philopator. He had been against Euergetes, and appears to have commanded
for some time on friendly terms with Cleomenes, the army with which they defeated him near the
whom he visited during his confinement ; but acci- Catabathmus. (Polyb. xxxi. 26. )
dentally betrayed to the latter the true intentions of 22. Surnamed Caesarion, a son of C. Julius
the king of Egypt in regard to him, and thus gave Caesar and Cleopatra. [CAESARION. )
rise to his attempted insurrection. On the first 23. Surnamed PHILADELPHUS, a son of M. An-
breaking out of the tumult Ptolemy, having issued tong, the Triumvir, by Cleopatra. He was the
forth from the palace, was instantly attacked and youngest of their three children, and could there-
put to death by three of the friends of Cleomenes, fore hardly have been born before B. C. 39. (Dion
B. C. 220. (Plut. Cleom. 36, 37. )
Cass. xlix. 32. ) In B. C. 34, he was proclaimed by
13. Another person of the same name was go- his father king of Syria, including Cilicia, and all the
vernor of the city of Alexandria at the time of the provinces st of the Euphrates (Dion Cass. xlix.
outbreak of Cleomenes, and having fallen in with 41 ; Plut. Ant. 54). After the death of Antony,
the little band of Spartans, was dragged from his and the subjugation of Egypt, B. c. 30, his life was
chariot and put to death. (Polyb. v. 39; Plut. spared by Augustus, at the intercession of Juba and
Cleom. 37. )
Cleopatra, and he was brought up by Octavia with
14. A Macedonian officer of high rank in the
army of Philip V. during the Social War, who
* This passage is referred by Schweighäuser to
joined with Leontius and Megaleas in promoting Ptolemy son of Agesarchus, to whom it is certainly
the treasonable designs of Apelles, and was in not applicable.
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PTOLEMAEUS.
her own children, but we hear nothing more of him. 7. A sophist and Peripatetic philosopher, of the
(Dion Cass. li. 15; Plut. Ant. 87. ) [E. H. B. ] beginning of the third century of our era, whom
PTOLEMAEUS (Iltonepaios), literary. The Longinus mentions that he had seen in his youth.
celebrated astronomer and geographer of this name We also learn from Longinus that Ptolemy left no
is spoken of below under PTOLEM ABUS, CLAUDIUS. writings except poems and declamations. (Praef.
I. HISTORIANS. 1. Of Megalopolis, the son of ad Lib. Tepl Témous, ap. Porphyr. Vit. Plotin. p.
Agesarchus, wrote a history of king Ptolemy IV. | 127 ; comp. Harless, ad Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iii.
Philopator, which is quoted by Athenaeus (vi. p. p. 504, n. tr. )
246, C. , X. p. 425, e. , xiii. p. 577, f. ), Clemens 8. A Platonic philosopher, of whom nothing is
Alexandrinus (Protrep. p. 13), and Arnobius (vi. known, except that he lived before Proclus, who
4). From these passages it is clear that the his quotes him in his work on the Timaeus of Plato
torian lived at the court of Ptolemy, who reigned (i. p. 7, b).
from B. c. 222 to B. C. 204. (Vossius, de Hist. III. GRAMMARIANS. 9. Of Alexandria, sur-
Graec. p. 157, ed. Westermann; Fabric. Bibl. named Pindarion, was the son of Oroandrus, and
Graec rol. v. p. 295). Schweighäuser supposes the disciple of Aristarchus (Suid. s. v. ). Suidas
that the Ptolemy, who was governor of Cyprus mentions the following as his works :- "Ομηρικών
during the regency of Ptolemy Philometor, is the | υποδειγμάτων βιβλία γ, περί του Ομηρικού χαρακ-
Bame as Ptolemy of Megalopolis (Polyb. xxvii. 12); τήρος, προς Νεοθαλίδην περί λέξεως, περί του παρ
but the governor of Cyprus was a different person. | Ομήρω Ούτιδος, περί Αστεροπαίου του παρ’ Ομήρω
[See above, No. 19. )
urmuovevouévov, and others. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec.
2. An Egyptian priest, of Mendes, who wrote on vol. i. p. 520, vol. vi. p. 378).
the ancient history of Egypt (τα Αίγυπτίων ανέκα- 10. Another disciple of Aristarchus, on account
Oev iotopôv, Syncell, p. 64).
He related the acts of his close adherence to whom he was called 'Ex-
of the Egyptian kings in three books, as we learn Detos or 'Em10érns. He was also a hearer of the
from Clemens Alexandrinus (Strom. i. p. 138), grammarian Hellanicus. He wrote upon the
who immediately before quotes from Ptolemy év Wounds mentioned by Homer (stepl twv map
Tois xpóvois, by which it appears doubtful whether 'Ounpe ta nyw), and a Commentary on the Odys-
we are to understand another distinct work, or a sey (Suid. s. o. ; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. I. cc. ).
set of chronological tables connected with his great 11. The father of the grammarian Aristonicus,
work on Egyptian history. Tatian also (adv. was himself also a grammarian. Both father and
Graec. 59) mentions him as a distinguished chro- son were distinguished as teachers at Rome. The
nologer, and presently afterwards refers to his following were his works:-rd dolws cipnuéva
χρόνοι. A scholiast on Ηomer also quotes from | τοίς τραγικοίς, εις “Ομηρον βιβλία ν', τα παρά το
Ptolemy, εν τώ πρώτο χρόνο (Schol. Buttm. in Od. | ποιητή ξένως ιστορημένα, τα περί Μουσών και
iv. 228). He is also referred to by Justin (Ex- Nopniowy (Suid. s. v. ; Fabric. ll. cc. ).
hort. ad Graec. p. 10), Eusebius (Praep. Evang. x. 12. Of Ascalon, taught at Rome. His works
12), Tertullian (Apol. 19), and Cyril (c. Julian. were, προσφδία Ομηρική, περί Ελληνισμού ήτοι
i. p. 15).
ορθοεπίας βιβλία ιε', περί μέτρων, περί της έν
He probably lived under the first Roman empe- | Οδυσσεία Αριστάρχου διορθώσεως, περί διαφοράς
rors ; for, since his work on Egypt was quoted by Régewv, and other grammatical works. The most
Apion (Clem. Alex. l. c. ), it could not have been important of these works was that mepl diapopas
written later than the time of Tiberius ; and, on défewv, which formed the foundation of the similar
the other hand, the absence of any allusion to it in work of Ammonius. It is still extant, and it is
Strabo, or any earlier writer, affords some presump- printed in the Bibliotheca Graeca of Fabricius (vol
tion that it could not have been written earlier than vi. pp. 156—163, comp. vol. i. p. 52).
the time of Augustus. This conclusion would be- 13. Of Alexandria, surnamed Chennus, flou-
come certain, if we were to adopt the opinion of rished under Trajan and Hadrian. His works
Meursius and Vossius, that this Ptolemy was the were, tepi tapadógov iotoplas ; an historical drama,
author of a work upon King Herod, which is quoted entitled Spiys; an epic poem, in twenty-four
by Ammonius (de Verb. Diff. s. v. ʼldovuaiol); but rhapsodies, entitled 'Avoóunpos, and some others.
it is at least as probable that the author there cited (Suid. s. v. ) We still possess in the Bibliotheca
is Ptolemy of Ascalon, of whose authority Ammo- of Photius (Cod. 190) an epitome of the work of
nius makes use in other articles. (Vossius, de Hist. Ptolemy, tepi tiis eis moduualíay kairñs istopías,
Graec. pp. 225, 226, ed. Westermann ; Fabric. in seven books, which there can be little doubt is the
Bibl. Graec. vol. v. p. 296. )
same work as that which Suidas mentions by the
II. PHILOSOPHERS AND SOPHISTS. 3, 4. Of title mepl tapaðóçou (otopías. Photius commends
Alexandria, two disciples of Epicurus, of whom the the work as containing in a small space inform-
only further information we possess is, that they ation which a whole life might be spent in collect-
were distinguished as o uéras and ó neukós (Diog. ing from other books; but he adds, that it contains
Laërt. x. 25).
many things which are marvellous and absurd, and
5. Cyrene, a sceptic, was the disciple of badly put together. It is in fact a farrago of the
Eubulus, the disciple of Eupbranor, the disciple of most heterogeneous materials. It is addressed to
Timon. Diogenes tells us, that Timon had no suc- a certain learned lady named Tertulla.
cessor until his school was restored by Ptolemy Suidas and Photius speak of Ptolemy as 8
(ir. 115, 116).
'Họalot1wvos, which is naturally interpreted the
6. Of Naucratis, a sophist, surnamed Marathon, son of Hephaestion; but there is some doubt whe-
was a hearer of Herodes Atticus, but an imitator of ther it ought not rather to be understood as mean-
Polemon ; and an opponent of Heracleides Lycius. ing the futher or teacher of Hephaestion (see lon-
The particulars of his life, which are not of sufficient sius, de Script. Ilist. Philos. i. 2. & 5, and Villoison,
importance to be mentioned here, may be read in Proleg. ad Apollon. Lex. Hom. p. ir. ). Tzetzes
Philostratus. (Vil. Sophist. ii. pp. 591, &c. 668). calls him Ptolemy Hephaestion.
a
j
oo 4
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PTOLEMAEUS.
PTOLEMAEUS.
1
Suidas mentions a Ptolemy of Cythera, an epic giving hostages for his friendly disposition towards
poet, who wrote a poem about the virtues of the the Thebang (Plut. Pelop. 27. ) To this new
plant called psalacantha; but this statement is alliance it may be ascribed that Ptolemy aban-
perhaps the result of some confusion, since the doned his friendly relations with the Athenians,
work of Ptolemy Chennus contains various marvel- notwithstanding the benefits he had received from
lous statements respecting that very plant. Iphicrates. (Aesch. I. c. p. 32. ) He continued to
The work of Ptolemy has been edited, with administer the sovereign power for a period of
commentaries, by And. Schottus and Dav. Hoes three years, when he was, in his turn, assassinated
chelius in Gale's Historiae Poeticae Scriptores, by the young king Perdiccas III. , B. C. 364.
p. 303, &c. Paris, 1675, 8vo. , with a dissertation (Diod. xv. 77. ) Diodorus gives Ptolemy the title of
upon Ptolemy; by L. H. Teucher, with Conon and king, and his name is included by the chrona
Parthenius, Lips. 1794, 8vo. ; and by Westermann, graphers among the Macedonian kings (Dexippus
in his Mythographi, p. 182, &c. Brunsv. 1813, ap. Syncell. l. c. ; Euseb. Arm. pp. 153, 154), but
8vo. (Vossius, de Hist. Graec. p. 256, ed. Wester- it seems more probable that he assumed the regal
mann; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. v. pp. 295, 296, authority without its designation. (Compare, in
vol. vi. pp. 377, 378).
regard to the above facts, Thirlwall's Greece, vol. 8.
13. A heretic, of the sect of the Valentinians p. 162-165; Flathe, Gesch. Macedoniens, vol. i.
(Iren. adv. Hacres. Praef. ). His Letter to Flora p. 38–40 ; and Abel, Makedonien vor König
is preserved by Epiphanius (xxx. 7), and printed | Philipp. p. 217—223. )
(E. H. B. )
in Grabe's Spicilegium Patrum (Dodwell, Dissert. PTOLEMAEUS (Πτολεμαίος), surnamed
ad Iren. pp. 318, foll. ; Fabric.
