Ptolemāis

, a town of Thebais in Egypt, called after the Ptolemies, who beautified it. There was also another city of the same name in the territories of Cyrene. It was situate on the sea-coast, and, according to some, it was the same as Barce. See: Barce .――A city of Palestine, called also Acon . Mela , bk. 1 , ch. 8 ; bk. 3 , ch. 8 .— Pliny , bk. 2 , ch. 73 .— Strabo , bk. 14 , .