Ptolemy I Soter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23714067 |
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| Authors | Peter Nadig (Freie Universität Berlin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah08140 |
| OpenAlex | W1606098618 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Ptolemy I (r. 305–282 BCE ), the son of Lagos and an Arsinoe, was born in 367/6 of the lower Macedonian nobility. After the death of Alexander the Great, he received the satrapy of Egypt, which became the base of the dynasty named after him; due to his patronymic, Lagos, it has also been called “Lagids” since antiquity. Later legend made Ptolemy an illegitimate son of Philip II of Macedon and thus a half‐brother of Alexander, but he himself claimed to have descended from Amyntas I through his mother.
Ancient history · Archaeology · Brother · Legend · Macedonian · Nobility · Ptolemy's table of chords · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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