Ptolemaios Philadelphos
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Ptolemaios Philadelphos is the Greek regnal name of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the Hellenistic king who ruled Egypt during the 3rd century BCE and significantly developed the Ptolemaic Kingdom and its cultural institutions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ptolemaios Philadelphos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4509162 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ptolemaios Philadelphos Context triple: [Ptolemy II Philadelphus, regnalName, Ptolemaios Philadelphos]
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Ptolemy Philadelphus
Ptolemy Philadelphus was the youngest son of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony, a Ptolemaic prince whose brief life was overshadowed by the fall of his parents’ rule to Rome.
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Ptolemaios
Ptolemaios is the Latinized name of Claudius Ptolemaeus, the Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, and geographer whose works like the Almagest and Geographia shaped scientific thought for centuries.
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Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Ptolemy V Epiphanes was a Hellenistic king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty, known for his tumultuous reign marked by internal revolts and foreign invasions, and for being commemorated on the Rosetta Stone.
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Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Ptolemy VIII Physcon was a controversial and often brutal Hellenistic king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, known for his turbulent reign marked by dynastic conflicts and political intrigue.
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Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and established the Ptolemaic dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ptolemaios Philadelphos Target entity description: Ptolemaios Philadelphos is the Greek regnal name of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the Hellenistic king who ruled Egypt during the 3rd century BCE and significantly developed the Ptolemaic Kingdom and its cultural institutions.
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A.
Ptolemy Philadelphus
Ptolemy Philadelphus was the youngest son of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony, a Ptolemaic prince whose brief life was overshadowed by the fall of his parents’ rule to Rome.
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B.
Ptolemaios
Ptolemaios is the Latinized name of Claudius Ptolemaeus, the Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, and geographer whose works like the Almagest and Geographia shaped scientific thought for centuries.
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C.
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Ptolemy V Epiphanes was a Hellenistic king of Egypt from the Ptolemaic dynasty, known for his tumultuous reign marked by internal revolts and foreign invasions, and for being commemorated on the Rosetta Stone.
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D.
Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Ptolemy VIII Physcon was a controversial and often brutal Hellenistic king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, known for his turbulent reign marked by dynastic conflicts and political intrigue.
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E.
Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt and established the Ptolemaic dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic monarch
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Ptolemaic ruler ⓘ human ⓘ king of Egypt ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Library of Alexandria
NERFINISHED
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Mouseion of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemaic administration of Egypt ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Kos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Berenice Syra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lysimachus (son of Ptolemy II) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy III Euergetes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryRuled |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture |
Greek
ⓘ
Hellenistic ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Macedonian Greek ⓘ |
| father | Ptolemy I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Ptolemy I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | Hellenistic monarchy ⓘ |
| hasDynasticName | Ptolemaios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEpithet |
Philadelphos
NERFINISHED
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Philadelphus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRegnalName | Ptolemy II Philadelphus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownForPolicy |
diplomatic marriages with other Hellenistic dynasties
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naval expansion in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | Ptolemaic dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Berenice I of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of Alexandria as a cultural center
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expansion of the Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ patronage of the Library of Alexandria ⓘ promotion of Greek culture in Egypt ⓘ support of the Mouseion of Alexandria ⓘ |
| precedes | Ptolemy III Euergetes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Cyrenaica
NERFINISHED
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Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of the Levant ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledInCentury | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| sibling | Arsinoe II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Arsinoe I
NERFINISHED
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Arsinoe II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Basileus of the Ptolemaic Kingdom
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Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ |
| usesScript | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
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Subject: Ptolemaios Philadelphos Description of subject: Ptolemaios Philadelphos is the Greek regnal name of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the Hellenistic king who ruled Egypt during the 3rd century BCE and significantly developed the Ptolemaic Kingdom and its cultural institutions.
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