Ptolemy

the name of the Maced on i an kings of Egypt, of which there were 14 in succe ion, of whom Ptolemy I., Soter , was a favourite general of Alexander the Great, and who ruled Egypt from 328 to 285 B.C.; Ptolemy II., Philadelphus , who ruled from 285 to 247, a patron of letters and an able administrator; Ptolemy III., Euergetes , who ruled from 247 to 222; Ptolemy IV., Philopator , who ruled from 222 to 205; Ptolemy V., Epiphanes , who ruled from 205 to 181; Ptolemy VI., Philometor , who ruled from 181 to 146; Ptolemy VII., Euergetes II. , who ruled from 146 to 117; Ptolemy VIII., Soter , who ruled from 117 to 107, was driven from Alexandria, returning to it in 88, and reigning till 81; Ptolemy X., Alexander I. , who ruled from 107 to 88; Ptolemy X. Alexander II. , who ruled from 81 to 80; Ptolemy XI., Auletes , who ruled from 80 to 51; Ptolemy XII., who ruled from 51 to 47; Ptolemy XIII., the Infant King , who ruled from 47 to 43; Ptolemy XIV., Cesarion , the son of Julius Cæsar and Cleopatra, who ruled from 43 to 30.