Theoi Adelphoi (with Arsinoe II)
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Theoi Adelphoi (with Arsinoe II) refers to the deified sibling pair Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his sister-wife Arsinoe II, worshipped together as divine “Sibling Gods” in the Ptolemaic religious-political cult.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Theoi Adelphoi (with Arsinoe II) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4509194 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Theoi Adelphoi (with Arsinoe II) Context triple: [Ptolemy II Philadelphus, cultTitle, Theoi Adelphoi (with Arsinoe II)]
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Arsinoe IV
Arsinoe IV was a younger Ptolemaic princess and political rival of Cleopatra VII who was eventually executed on the orders of Mark Antony.
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Arsinoe
Arsinoe was a Macedonian noblewoman and queen, best known as the wife of Ptolemy I Soter and mother of several early Ptolemaic rulers in Hellenistic Egypt.
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C.
Hipparchia of Maroneia
Hipparchia of Maroneia was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher, renowned as one of the few known female philosophers of antiquity and for her unconventional life and public rejection of traditional gender roles.
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D.
Ptolemy VI Philometor
Ptolemy VI Philometor was a Hellenistic king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty whose reign was marked by dynastic conflicts, Roman intervention, and wars with the Seleucid Empire.
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E.
Apame of Bithynia
Apame of Bithynia was a Hellenistic queen of the Kingdom of Bithynia, known as a member of the royal dynasty that ruled in northwestern Anatolia in the 3rd–2nd centuries BC.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Theoi Adelphoi (with Arsinoe II) Target entity description: Theoi Adelphoi (with Arsinoe II) refers to the deified sibling pair Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his sister-wife Arsinoe II, worshipped together as divine “Sibling Gods” in the Ptolemaic religious-political cult.
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A.
Arsinoe IV
Arsinoe IV was a younger Ptolemaic princess and political rival of Cleopatra VII who was eventually executed on the orders of Mark Antony.
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B.
Arsinoe
Arsinoe was a Macedonian noblewoman and queen, best known as the wife of Ptolemy I Soter and mother of several early Ptolemaic rulers in Hellenistic Egypt.
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C.
Hipparchia of Maroneia
Hipparchia of Maroneia was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher, renowned as one of the few known female philosophers of antiquity and for her unconventional life and public rejection of traditional gender roles.
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D.
Ptolemy VI Philometor
Ptolemy VI Philometor was a Hellenistic king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty whose reign was marked by dynastic conflicts, Roman intervention, and wars with the Seleucid Empire.
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E.
Apame of Bithynia
Apame of Bithynia was a Hellenistic queen of the Kingdom of Bithynia, known as a member of the royal dynasty that ruled in northwestern Anatolia in the 3rd–2nd centuries BC.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ptolemaic royal cult
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deified sibling pair ⓘ dynastic cult title ⓘ |
| associatedCity | Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Ptolemaic dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedQueen | Arsinoe II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Ptolemaic Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRuler | Ptolemy II Philadelphus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cultCenter | Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cultFunction |
dynastic propaganda
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religious-political legitimation ⓘ royal deification ⓘ |
| cultMedium |
coinage
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inscriptions ⓘ priesthoods ⓘ royal titulature ⓘ temple worship ⓘ |
| cultStatus | state-sponsored cult ⓘ |
| cultType |
dynastic cult
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royal cult ⓘ |
| followedBy | later Ptolemaic dynastic cults ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Sibling Gods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Arsinoe II of Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ptolemy II Philadelphus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenderComposition | male-female pair ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | Sibling Gods ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Arsinoe II
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ptolemy II Philadelphus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificStatus | deified rulers ⓘ |
| linkedDeityType | royal ancestors ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Ptolemaic state ideology
NERFINISHED
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pharaonic kingship ⓘ royal succession ⓘ |
| modeledOn |
divine sibling pairs in Greek myth
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earlier Greek hero cults ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
legitimization of sibling marriage among Ptolemies
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unification of Greek and Egyptian elites ⓘ |
| precededBy | pharaonic royal deification traditions ⓘ |
| relationshipType |
brother and sister
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sibling marriage ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Greco-Egyptian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
3rd century BCE
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Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | gods ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
Egyptian subjects in Ptolemaic kingdom
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Greek subjects in Egypt ⓘ |
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Subject: Theoi Adelphoi (with Arsinoe II) Description of subject: Theoi Adelphoi (with Arsinoe II) refers to the deified sibling pair Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his sister-wife Arsinoe II, worshipped together as divine “Sibling Gods” in the Ptolemaic religious-political cult.
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