ptolemy in English

noun

1

the name of all the Macedonian rulers of Egypt, a dynasty founded by Ptolemy, a close friend and general of Alexander the Great, who took charge of Egypt after the latter's death and declared himself king (Ptolemy I) in 304 bc . The dynasty ended with the death of Cleopatra in 30 bc.

2

Greek astronomer and geographer of the 2nd century ad . His teachings had enormous influence on medieval thought, the geocentric view of the cosmos being adopted as Christian doctrine until the late Renaissance. His Geography was also a standard work for centuries, despite its inaccuracies.

Use "ptolemy" in a sentence

1. Cleopatra Selene had many siblings, including Ptolemy IX, Ptolemy X, and Cleopatra IV.

2. Antarctic exploration begins with Ptolemy.

3. Is the most famous astronomer Ptolemy.

4. Berenice, whose portrait appears with that of Ptolemy on many medals, was the mother by him of Ptolemy II Ptolemy II (Ptolemy Philadelphus) , c.308–246 B.C., king of ancient Egypt (285–246 B.C.), of the Macedonian dynasty, son of Ptolemy I and Berenice (c.340–281 B.C.).

5. No Ptolemy has ever committed suicide.

6. Berenice I, queen of ancient Egypt, wife of Ptolemy I Soter, and mother of Arsinoe II and Ptolemy II Philadelphus

7. In ancient Greece, Astronomer and mathematician Claudius Ptolemy (A.D

8. Actually, Ptolemy used zeroes as punctuation marks.

9. Coin portraying Ptolemy II and his wife

10. Claudius is a Roman name and Claudius Ptolemy was a …

11. Berenice was married to Ptolemy III Euergetes (fl

12. We will have good cause to return to Ptolemy later on.

13. In this case, that would be Ptolemy the Fifth.

14. Ptolemy however captured the body and took it to Alexandria.

15. Ptolemy has given them in a catalogue in the Almagest.

16. ‘The crux of the dispute is whether Ptolemy was the mainstream and Dorotheus the breakaway development, or Dorotheus the mainstream and Ptolemy a deliberate attempt at Archaism…

17. Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe I of Egypt

18. The Equator marked the zero-degree parallel of latitude for Ptolemy.

19. They tell me there is no Ptolemy has ever committed suicide.

20. Ptolemy compiled a star catalogue in which he listed 48 constellations.

21. Alexander was assassinated during a festival at the instigation of Ptolemy.

22. These new families had established ties with Ptolemy I of Tusculum by 1105.

23. The work of Ptolemy thus took on immense value because of its utility.

24. Ptolemy also used trigonometry to accurately measure the distance to the moon.

25. Apparently Ptolemy XIII tried to block his sister's access to Alexandria.

26. Ptolemy himself had only an armchair appreciation of the wider world.

27. Ptolemy mentioned a place by the name 'Tabawa', at the northwestern corner of Arabia.

28. Borneo is first mentioned in Ptolemy ’s Guide to Geography of about 150 ce

29. Ptolemy III took the fortified part of Antioch and dealt a deathblow to Laodice.

30. So did the idea of perfect circles or spheres though Ptolemy added other variants.

31. Roman Egypt produced the greatest astronomer of the era, Ptolemy (90–168 CE).

32. The Almagest was written by Ptolemy as a textbook of mathematical astronomy.

33. Ptolemy-Beta is the first habitable planet of the system; water rich and tropically hot this agri-world with its three growing seasons easily feeds the teeming hives of Alexandretta, or Ptolemy-Gamma.

34. Claudius Ptolemy was born in about the year 100 AD, almost certainly in Egypt

35. A public reconciliation of Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VIII was declared in 124 BC.

36. Almagest, astronomical manual written about ad 150 by Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus of Alexandria)

37. That Ptolemy was a conservative, even a reactionary in certain respects, is undeniable.

38. In the Almagest, Ptolemy adopted Hipparchus' solar model, which consisted of a simple eccentric deferent.

39. Among other things, he gave lectures on geodesy and dealt with the geography of Ptolemy.

40. Ptolemy cataloged Cassiopeia and other Constellations in the Perseus family in the 2nd century.

41. But according to cuneiform documents, the kings whom Ptolemy omitted actually ruled over Babylonia.

42. Ptolemy was not responsible for originating the astrological techniques he presented in the Tetrabiblos.

43. But he ended up making “equitable terms” of peace with Ptolemy V, the king of the south.

44. Arguably one of the most famous Almagests is The Almagest by the Alexandrian polymath, Claudius Ptolemy (c

45. Ptolemy XII was generally described as a weak, self-indulgent man, a drunkard, and a music lover.

46. The sources Arrian selected were Ptolemy 1 I and Aristobulus, contemporaries and actors in the events

47. Capricornus is one of the 48 constellations listed by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the second century

48. The presence of Asphataria indicates that Lake Ptolemy was a freshwater lake, although with occasional brackish phases.

49. Balaklava is mentioned by Fannius Strabo, Ptolemy, and other ancient authors under the name of Symbalon

50. Ptolemy III instituted a policy requiring any ship that docked in Alexandria to turn over its books for copying.