Ptolemy (disambiguation)

Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, geographer and astrologer.

Ptolemy, Ptolemaeus or Tolomeo may also refer to:

People

  • Ptolemy (name), the English form of the Greek name Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaios)

Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt

Any of 15 Greco-Egyptian pharaohs of the Ptolemaic dynasty (305 BC–30 BC):

Also several dynasty members who ruled other territories, but not in Egypt:

  • Ptolemy Apion, King of Cyrene (150–145 BC)
  • Ptolemy Philadelphus (son of Cleopatra) (36 BC – 29 BC), King of Syria, Phoenicia, and Cilicia (34-30 BC)
  • Ptolemy of Mauretania, client king of Mauretania (20–40 AD) for Rome

Early Greek rulers and generals

  • Ptolemy (King of Thebes) (12th century BC), the mythical ruler of the ancient Greek city of Thebes
  • Ptolemy of Aloros (ruled 368 to 365 BC), Regent of Macedon
  • Ptolemy (somatophylax) (died 334 BC), Macedonian bodyguard and general of Alexander the Great
  • Ptolemy (son of Seleucus) (died 333 BC), Macedonian bodyguard and general of Alexander the Great
  • Ptolemy (son of Philip) (4th century BC), Macedonian officer of Alexander the Great
  • Ptolemy (general) or Polemaios (died 309 BC), Macedonian general and nephew of Antigonus I Monophthalmus
  • Ptolemy (son of Pyrrhus) (295–272 BC), a son of king Pyrrhus of Epirus
  • Ptolemy of Epirus (reigned c. 237 BC – 234 BC), king of the Greek frontier kingdom of Epirus

Other people

People named Tolomeo or Tolomei

Places

  • Mount Ptolemy (Antarctica), a mountain in Graham Land, Antarctica
  • Mount Ptolemy (Canada), a mountain in the Flathead Range of the Canadian Rockies

In space

  • Ptolemaeus (lunar crater), a crater on the near side of the Moon named after the astronomer
  • Ptolemaeus (Martian crater), a crater on Mars named after the astronomer
  • 4001 Ptolemaeus, a Florian asteroid

Music

Literature

Television

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Ptolemy
  • All pages with titles containing Ptolemy
  • Ptolemaeus (disambiguation)
  • Tolomeo (disambiguation)
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