Ptolemy II (Ptolemy Philadelphus) (tŏl`əmē fĭlədĕl`fəs), c.308–246 B.C., king of ancient Egypt (285–246 B.C.), of the Macedonian dynasty, son of Ptolemy I and Berenice Berenice (bĕrənī`sē), b. c.340 B.C., d. 281 or 271 B.C., consort and half sister of Ptolemy I, king of ancient Egypt.
..... Click the link for more information. (c.340–281 B.C.). He continued his father's efforts to make Alexandria the cultural center of the Greek world. He completed the Pharos and encouraged the translation of the Pentateuch Pentateuch (pĕn`təty
k) [Gr.
..... Click the link for more information. into the Greek Septuagint Septuagint (sĕp`tyəjĭnt) [Lat.
..... Click the link for more information. . Finances were reformed, and a canal was built from the Nile to the Red Sea. He warred against Syria until he married his daughter Berenice to the Syrian Antiochus II Antiochus II (Antiochus Theos) (āntī`əkəs thē`ŏs), d. 247 B.C., king of Syria (261?–247 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. . Ptolemy repudiated his wife Arsinoë to marry his sister, also named Arsinoë. Manetho Manetho (măn`ĭthō), fl. 300 B.C., Egyptian historian, a priest at Heliopolis, under Ptolemy I and Ptolemy II.
..... Click the link for more information. , the Egyptian historian, compiled his history.
Ptolemy II
..... Click the link for more information. (c.340–281 B.C.). He continued his father's efforts to make Alexandria the cultural center of the Greek world. He completed the Pharos and encouraged the translation of the Pentateuch Pentateuch (pĕn`təty
k) [Gr...... Click the link for more information. into the Greek Septuagint Septuagint (sĕp`ty
əjĭnt) [Lat...... Click the link for more information. . Finances were reformed, and a canal was built from the Nile to the Red Sea. He warred against Syria until he married his daughter Berenice to the Syrian Antiochus II Antiochus II (Antiochus Theos) (āntī`əkəs thē`ŏs), d. 247 B.C., king of Syria (261?–247 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. . Ptolemy repudiated his wife Arsinoë to marry his sister, also named Arsinoë. Manetho Manetho (măn`ĭthō), fl. 300 B.C., Egyptian historian, a priest at Heliopolis, under Ptolemy I and Ptolemy II.
..... Click the link for more information. , the Egyptian historian, compiled his history.
Bibliography
See P. M. Fraser, Ptolemaic Alexandria (3 vol., 1972).
Ptolemy II
called Philadelphus. 309--246 bc, the son of Ptolemy I; king of Egypt (285--246). Under his rule the power, prosperity, and culture of Egypt was at its height
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