biography
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Ptolemy II Philadelphus
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pronunciation:
[tolemee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (308–246 BC)
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| biography:
| King of Egypt (283–246 BC), the son and successor of Ptolemy I, Soter. Under him the power of Egypt attained its greatest height. He was generally successful in his external wars, founded the Museum and Library, purchased many valuable manuscripts of Greek literature, and attracted leading Greek intellectuals to his court. The Egyptian history of Manetho was dedicated to him, but the story that he commissioned the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (the Septuagint) is open to doubt. |
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