House of Ptolemy

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Hellenistic dynasty royal dynasty

The House of Ptolemy was the Hellenistic royal dynasty of Macedonian Greek origin that ruled Egypt from the late 4th century BC until the Roman conquest, most famously including Cleopatra VII.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Ptolemaic dynasty 19
Ptolemaic kings 2
Ptolemaic rulers 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic dynasty ⓘ
royal dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith Library of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mouseion of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
coRulerWith Julius Caesar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark Antony NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryRuled Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynastyOf Ptolemaic Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
endEvent Roman annexation of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 30 BC ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Macedonian Greek ⓘ
fellTo Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Ptolemy I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
knownFor fusion of Greek and Egyptian culture ⓘ
marriage between siblings ⓘ
patronage of the Library of Alexandria ⓘ
rule of Cleopatra VII ⓘ
languageUsed Egyptian ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
lastRuler Cleopatra VII Philopator NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Ptolemy I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember Arsinoe II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Berenice II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cleopatra II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cleopatra III NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cleopatra Selene II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cleopatra VII Philopator NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ptolemy I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ptolemy II Philadelphus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ptolemy III Euergetes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ptolemy IV Philopator NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ptolemy V Epiphanes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ptolemy VI Philometor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ptolemy VIII Physcon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ptolemy XII Auletes NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Hellenistic world NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Achaemenid Empire in Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Empire of Alexander the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Ancient Egyptian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
startTime 305 BC ⓘ
successor Roman Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
territoryIncluded Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of the Levant ⓘ
usedTitle Basileus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pharaoh of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Panium → associatedDynasty → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Temple of Hathor → builtDuringReignOf → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic kings
Zenobia → claimedDescentFrom → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
First Pylon → decoratedBy → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic rulers
Philae obelisk → dedicatedTo → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic rulers
Arsinoe IV → dynasty → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Berenice IV → dynasty → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Decree of Canopus → dynasty → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemy Philadelphus → dynasty → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemy XII Auletes → dynasty → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator → dynasty → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemy of Mauretania → dynasty → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Mouseion → foundedUnder → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
subject surface form: Mouseion of Alexandria
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Mouseion → governedBy → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
subject surface form: Mouseion of Alexandria
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic kings
Philadelphia → governedBy → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
subject surface form: Philadelphia (ancient Amman)
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Berenice IV → house → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Cleopatra I Syra → house → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Cleopatra V Tryphaena → house → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
Ptolemy XIV → house → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
Cleopatra V Tryphaena → memberOf → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemais → namedAfter → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemais → namedAfter → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemy Keraunos → nobleFamily → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemy Philadelphus → notableFamily → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
Zenodotus of Ephesus → patron → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Delta temple network of Isis → patronGroup → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemy of Mauretania → relatedTo → House of Ptolemy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic royal family