Ptolemy (disambiguation)

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Ptolemy is the English form of the Ancient Greek name Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaios), a derivative of πτόλεμος, an Epic form of πόλεμος 'war'. It may refer to:

• Ptolemaios, the head of the boule in Gortyn during the Peloponnesian War.
• Ptolemy I Soter, a Makedonian general who founded the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
• Ptolemy III Euergetes,a pharaoh Egypt who ruled from 246 BCE to 222 BCE.
• Ptolemy V Epiphanes, a pharaoh Egypt who ruled from 204 BCE to 181 BCE.
• Ptolemy VIII Physcon, a pharaoh Egypt who ruled from 169 BCE to 164 BCE, then 144 BCE to 131 BCE and later to 126 BCE to 116 BCE.
• Ptolemy X Alexander I, a pharaoh Egypt who ruled from 110 BCE to 109 BCE and later from 107 BCE to 88 BCE.
• Ptolemy XII Auletes, a pharaoh of Egypt and the father of Ptolemy XIII, Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIV.
• Ptolemy XIII, a pharaoh of Egypt who co-ruled alongside his older sister Cleopatra.
• Ptolemy XIV, a pharaoh of Egypt who co-ruled alongside his older sister Cleopatra after the death of Ptolemy XIII.
• Ptolemy's Fist, a member of the Phylakes who operated during the 1st century BCE.
• Ptolemy, or Claudius Ptolemy, a Greco-Egyptian geographer who lived during Roman Empire.