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Grand Procession of Ptolemy Philadelphus (Oxford Classical & Philosophical Monographs)
Ptolemy - Geographia. Ptole Maevs Avctvs... by Ptolemy (2nd cent.), 2222
PTOLEMY'S GEOGRAPHY: A Select Bibliography by William Harris (New York University) Stahl, 1953
The Bronzes of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (AEGYPTEN UND ALTES TESTAMENT) by Wendy A. Cheshire, 2009-12-31
Rome and the Ptolemies of Egypt: The Development of their Political Relations, 273-80 B.C. (Commentationes humanarum litterarum 111) by Anssi Lampela, 1998-01-01
Ancient India As Described By Ptolemy (1885)
Ptolemy's Geography: A Brief Account of All the Printed Editions Down to 1730, With Notes on Some Important Variations Observed in That of Ulm 1482, Including ... Yet Known on Modern Geographical Conceptions by Henry Newton Stevens, 2009-07-08
The Major Writings of Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler by Ptolemy and Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler, 1985
Ptolemy and the Foundations of Ancient Mathematical Optics: A Guided Study (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society) by A. Mark Smith, 1999-10-30
The Voyage of Hanno: Translated, and Accompanied with the Greek Text, Explained from the Accounts of Modern Travellers, Defended Against the Objections ... from Ptolemy, D'anville, and Bougainville by Thomas Falconer, Hanno, 2010-04-03
Claudius Ptolemy And The Nile: Or An Inquiry Into That Geographer's Real Merits And Speculative Errors (1854) by William Desborough Cooley, 2010-09-10
Were you born under a lucky star?: a complete exposition of the science of astrology adapted from the four books of Ptolemy ... by A Alpheus, 2010-09-10
Manetho / Ptolemy: Tetrabiblos (Loeb Classical Library)
Alastor: Or The New Ptolemy (1852) by James Orton, 2009-01-19

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Ptolemy
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Ptolemy Soter - Ruler Of Alexandria And Egypt - Ptolemy The Successor Of Alexand
ptolemy Soter became the ruler of Egypt on ALexander s death. He established hiscapital at Alexandria.
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Extractions: zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Homework Help Ancient / Classical History Homework Help ... Help zau(256,140,140,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/C.htm','');w(xb+xb+' ');zau(256,140,140,'von','http://z.about.com/0/ip/496/6.htm','');w(xb+xb); Sign Up Now for the Ancient / Classical History newsletter! The large empire Alexander the Great had conquered was too big for one successor. One general was entrusted with Macedonia; another Thrace; and a third Syria. One of Alexander's favorite generals, Ptolemy Soter, was made governor of Egypt. The esteem was mutual as can be seen in Ptolemy Soter's having Alexander's body brought for burial to Egypt where it was permanently interred at the city Alexander had founded and named after himself. It is also possible to look at this gesture as politically motivated. The same can be said of Ptolemy Soter's marriage to the daughter of the most recent Egyptian pharaoh, Nectanebo II. Ptolemy Soter established his capital at Alexandria, founded a museum, and started collecting books for a library which, under his successors, became the center for scientific research and the best collection of Greek and Roman papyri in the world. He also initiated what was to become one of the wonders of the ancient world, the lighthouse off the coast of Alexandria on the island of Pharos.
Ptolemy I
ptolemy I Macedonian King of Egypt. ptolemy (c. 360284 BC) was son of theMacedonian nobleman Lagus and one of the inner circle of Alexander s commanders
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Extractions: Macedonian King of Egypt Ptolemy (c. 360-284 B.C.) was son of the Macedonian nobleman Lagus and one of the inner circle of Alexander's commanders and advisers. He fought with distinction in India and wrote a history of Alexander's campaigns which was an important source for Arrian 's Anabasis. After Alexander's death he was appointed governor of Egypt and determined to maintain his independence of the central authority of Perdiccas . One of his first actions to this end was to divert to Egypt the cortege bearing the body of Alexander, which the army had intended to be buried in Macedonia. Ptolemy justified his acquisition of this precious relic, which was first interred with great magnificence at Memphis and subsequently at Alexandria, on the grounds that Alexander had wished to be buried at the oracle of Ammon. In 322 he allied himself with Antipater against Perdiccas and the pact was consolidated by his marriage to Antipater's daughter Eurydice. In 316 he joined forces with
Ptolemy Of Alexandria
ptolemy of Alexandria is an author of a great geographical work in which heproduced maps of various ancient countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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Extractions: Ancient Geographer Ptolemy of Alexandria is an author of a great geographical work in which he produced maps of various ancient countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa. His map of Macedonia is clearly separated from Greece, Illyria, and Thrace. He also produced a map of Albania which in ancient times was in Asia, parallel to the map of Illyria in Europe, which makes it clear that the Albanians and the Illyrians had always been two separate nations. historyofmacedonia.org All rights reserved
Ptolemy - Geographer, Mathematician, Astronomer
ptolemy (also known as Claudius Ptolemaeus) was a Roman scholar who was ageographer, astronomer, and mathematician. He wrote a book about astronomy called
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Ptolemy
The story of the scholar ptolemy Claudius Ptolemaeus, from your About.com Guide.
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Extractions: zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') About Homework Help Geography History of Geography Ptolemy Homework Help Geography Essentials Free Geography Basics Email Course ... Help zau(256,140,140,'el','http://z.about.com/0/ip/417/C.htm','');w(xb+xb+' ');zau(256,140,140,'von','http://z.about.com/0/ip/496/6.htm','');w(xb+xb); Sign Up Now for the Geography newsletter! See Online Courses Search Geography Dateline: 08/07/99 Not much is known about the life of the Roman scholar Claudius Ptolemaeus who is more commonly known as Ptolemy. However, he was estimated to have lived from approximately 90 to 170 CE and he worked in the library at Alexandria from 127 to 150. He is known for his three scholarly works: the Almagest - which focused on astronomy and geometry, the Tetrabiblos - which focused on astrology, and, most importantly, Geography - which advanced geographic knowledge. Geography consisted of eight volumes. The first discussed the problems of representing a spherical earth on a flat sheet of paper (remember, ancient Greek and Roman scholars knew the earth was round) and provided information about map projections . The second through seventh volumes of the work were a gazetteer of sorts, as a collection of eight thousand places around the world. This gazetteer was remarkable for Ptolemy invented
Ptolemy I
ptolemy received Egypt and managed to keep control of it in the midst of ptolemy defeated the troops of Antigonus in 312 but he was defeated at Salamis
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Ptolemy's Epicycles
And on the right, we have ptolemy s attempt to explain retrograde motion with afixed Earth, Both ideas (Copernicus Suncentered system, and ptolemy s
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Extractions: Go to my home page On the left (below), we have the Sun and two planets; the blue one represents the Earth, and the red one represents Mars. None of this is drawn to scale. In the center, I have shown Mars' retrograde motion, the way it appears to go backward in the sky. This happens because the faster Earth passes the slower outer planet (in the left part of the diagram). And on the right, we have Ptolemy's attempt to explain retrograde motion with a fixed Earth, using epicycles. Both ideas (Copernicus' Sun-centered system, and Ptolemy's Earth-centered system) seem to work well. But the Sun-centered system is the true situation: Please enable Java for an interactive construction (with Cinderella). The above Java animation was created with Cinderella (a geometry program). Return to my Cinderella pages
SAL- Computer Graphics, Images & Signals - Processing & Visualization - Ptolemy
Linux binaries are supplied by members of the ptolemy User community. Other Links ftp//ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/pub/ptolemy (FTP site)
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Extractions: Ptolemy The ambitious objectives of the Ptolemy project include most aspects of designing signal processing and communications systems, ranging from designing and simulating algorithms to synthesizing hardware and software, parallelizing algorithms, and prototyping real-time systems. Ptolemy has been used for a broad range of applications including signal processing, telecommunications, parallel processing, wireless communications, network design, radio astronomy, real time systems, and hardware/software co-design. Ptolemy has also been used as a laboratory for signal processing and communications courses. Currently Ptolemy has hundreds of users in hundreds of sites, in industry, academia, and government. Current Version: License Type: Home Site: http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/ Source Code Availability: Yes (see Home Site) Available Binary Packages:
Ancient History Sourcebook: Athanaeus: The Great Spectacle And Procession Of Pto
The Great Spectacle and Procession of ptolemy II Philadelphus, 285 BCE. DavisIntro When ptolemy II Philadelphus became king of Egypt (285 BC),
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Extractions: The Great Spectacle and Procession of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 285 BCE [Davis Intro:] When Ptolemy II Philadelphus became king of Egypt (285 B.C.), he celebrated his accession by a magnificent procession and festival at Alexandria. The following is only a part of the description of the very elaborate spectacle. The mere enumeration of all this pomp, power and treasure conveys a striking idea of the riches of the Ptolemaic kings, the splendor of their court, and the resources of their kingdom. History, Book V, Chap. 25: First I will describe the tent prepared inside the citadel, apart from the place provided to receive the soldiers, artisans, and foreigners. For it was wonderfully beautiful, and worth talking of. Its size was such that it could accommodate one hundred and thirty couches [for banqueters] arranged in a circle. The roof was upborne on wooden pillars fifty cubits high of which four were arranged to look like palm trees. On the outside of the pillars ran a portico, adorned with a peristyle on three sides with a vaulted roof. Here it was the feasters could sit down. The interior of this was surrounded with scarlet curtains; in the middle of the space, however, were suspended strange hides of beasts, strange both for their variegated color, and their remarkable size. The part which surrounded this portico in the open air was shaded by myrtle trees and laurels, and other suitable shrubs.
Ptolemy I
ptolemy I second married Artakama, daughter of Artabazus, by whom he had no knownchildren19;. ptolemy I third married Eurydice, daughter of Antipater,
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Extractions: [HOME] Ptolemy I Ptolemy I Soter , king of Egypt, son of Arsinoe by an unknown father, possibly Lagus , born in Eordaea, Macedon, c369/8 or c360/356 , member of the Royal Bodyguards of Alexander III , king of Macedon and Great King, 330 , Satrap of Egypt within 7 days of the death of Alexander on 29 Ayyaru (Bab.) = 11 June 323 , and took up the post a few months later ; King of Egypt between 1 Thoth year 1 (Eg.) = 7 November 305 and 30 Skirophorion archonship of Euxenippus (Ath.) = c. 10 July 304, most probably in spring 304, possibly 29 Daisios year 19 (Mac.) = c. 4 June 304 ; victor in the pair for foals in the 69th Pythian Games of 286 and in the chariot races in the Olympic Games of an unknown Olympiad ; made Ptolemy II coregent between 1 Thoth (Eg.) (2 November) 285 and 27 Dystros (Mac.), possibly 12 Dystros (Mac.) (Jan/Feb) 284 , died probably 27 Dystros (Mac.) (10 January) 282 , probably of illness in old age , incorporated in the dynastic cult with Berenice I by Ptolemy IV in 215/14 as the Saviour Gods
Ptolemy IV
ptolemy IV had one marriage and at least one known liaison. ptolemy IV marriedhis sister Arsinoe III16, by whom he had a son, ptolemy V17.
http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_iv.htm

Extractions: [HOME] Ptolemy IV Ptolemy IV Philopator king of Egypt, son of Ptolemy III by Berenice II , probably born c. May/June 244 , succeeded between 1 Thoth (Eg.) = 18 October and 15 Hathyr (Eg.) = 31 December 222 , incorporated in the dynastic cult with Arsinoe III in Year 7 (Mac.) = 216/5 as the Fatherloving Gods, Qeoi FilopatwreV , associated Ptolemy V in the throne probably on 30 Mesore year 12 = 9 October 210 or 17 Phaophi year 13 = 30 November 210 , lost Upper Egypt to Horwennefer between 1 Thoth year 1/18 = 13 October and 29 Thoth year 1/18 = 10 November 205 , probably not attested as a victor at the Basileia in Lebadaeia , reign ended after c. 23 Pachon year 18 = 2 July 204 and before c. 10 Epheiph = 18 August 204 , died of unknown causes, possibly from burns received in a palace fire Ptolemy IV's titles as king of Egypt were: Horu s Hwnw-onj sxaj.n-sw-jt.f
Berggren & Jones, Trans.: PTOLEMY'S
Maps of the world according to ptolemy s two projections PDF format. How torequest an examination or inspection copy
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Kaysik
Hot House. Misc. OMGPIE Links. Copyright ptolemy Oberin 2005. Not a blog I swear!Posted by kaysik on 04Jul-05 at 0831 am This site is not a blog.
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Extractions: This site is not a blog. I have urges to make posts relating to my life in general and I usually don't bother because the only reason this site exists in the first place was as my folio. Slowly bit by bit its turning into a personal site despite my efforts, but mostly I avoid that where possible. Today however I'm throwing the whole "this site is only for my hobby game dev stuff" rule out the window because ....
History Of Alexandria: The Ptolemaic City
Egypt was the share of the most skilled of these ptolemy. He was Macedonian bybirth, ptolemy Euergetes was succeeded by less influential Kings.
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/Alexandria/History/ptolemaic.html

Extractions: Upon Alexander's death, no single successor emerged to claim his kingdom. Rather, the widespread territories were divided among several rulers. Egypt was the share of the most skilled of these: Ptolemy. He was Macedonian by birth, but witnessed the birth of Alexandria and wanted her to be the cultural and intellectual capital of the world. He ruled in 323 BC, reigned in 304 BC, and expanded his kingdom to include Cyrene (Lybia), Palestine, Cyprus, and others lands. His royal titles included King Soter (Savior), and Pharaoh. Under the reign of Soter, the golden age of Alexandria, the new capital of Egypt, started. His successor, Ptolemy II Philadelphus (King in 287 BC), was a less ambitious person. Unlike his father, he turned his back to military campaigns and focused on buiding Alexandria. He was more "Egyptian" than his father: he married his sister Arsinoe, a custom, then, widely accepted among Egyptians and despicable in the eyes of the Greeks. His son, Ptolemy III Euergetes (Well-doer), was full of will and motivation. He reigned in 246 BC, and was praised as a military leader and a supporter of science. He married his cousin Berenice. Their reign, marked the peak in Alexandria's glamor and fame.
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For More Information on ptolemy go to Britannica.com Get the Top 10 SearchResults for ptolemy Pronunciation Symbols
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AllRefer.com - Ptolemy VI (Ancient History, Egypt, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com reference and encyclopedia resource provides complete informationon ptolemy VI, Ancient History, Egypt, Biographies.
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Extractions: By Alphabet : Encyclopedia A-Z P Related Category: Ancient History, Egypt, Biographies Ptolemy VI u m E fil u m E u r] Pronunciation Key , d. 145 B.C. B.C. ), of the Macedonian dynasty, son of Ptolemy V. He became king when an infant, and his mother, Cleopatra, was regent. After her death, Antiochus IV of Syria invaded Egypt, and Ptolemy was captured (170 B.C. ) at Pelusium. He was forced to share the rule with his wife (also his sister), Cleopatra, and his brother, Ptolemy Physcon (later Ptolemy VII ). Ptolemy Physcon ruled over Cyrene, Ptolemy Philometor over Egypt; trouble between the brothers ultimately caused the intervention of Rome. Ptolemy VI aided Demetrius II to gain the throne of Syria and was killed in battle with the rival claimant, Alexander Balas. His young son in theory succeeded to the throne and is sometimes called Ptolemy VII, but he was put to death as soon as Ptolemy Physcon (who is sometimes counted as Ptolemy VIII) could reach Egypt.
Ptolemy's Theorem And Interpolation
ptolemy s theorem refers to a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle. ptolemy foundthat for the inscribed quadrilateral described by four points, A, B, C,
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Extractions: Ptolemy's Theorem and Interpolation Michael Lahanas The rectangle contained by the diagonals of any quadrilateral inscribed in a circle is equal to the sum of the rectangles contained by the pairs of opposite sides. Ptolemy Almagest Ptolemy's theorem refers to a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle. It is probably that actually Hipparchus discovered or knew much earlier Ptolemy's theorem (Tobias Dantzig even says it was a theorem of Apollonius). Unfortunately almost no work of Hipparchus survived and we know most about Hipparchus from Ptolemy's books and experts say that Ptolemy does not say always what was found originally by Hipparchus. Whatever the truth is the quadrilateral theorem today is known as Ptolemy's theorem. Ptolemy found that there is a constraint between the lengths of the sides and the diagonals of the quadrilateral. This is because only 3 points are necessary to define a circle and then some constraint is necessary for the additional points on the circle. Ptolemy found that for the inscribed quadrilateral described by four points, A, B, C, D have to satisfy: AC*BD = AB*CD + DA*BC i.e. the product of the diagonals is the sum of the products of opposite sides.
Ptolemy And Astronomy
ptolemy (or Claudius Ptolemaeus or Klaudios Ptolemaios) (?teµa? a?d?)lived in ptolemy was an astronomer, mathematician and geographer.
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/PtolemyAstronomy.htm

Extractions: Astronomy of Ptolemy Michael Lahanas Die Astronomie des Klaudius Ptolemaios Ptolemy created a universe that lasted a thousand years. Copernicus created a universe that lasted four hundred years. Einstein has created a universe, and I can't tell you how long it will last. George Bernard Shaw The orbit of a Planet, like Mars, around the Sun although it is an ellipse (here simplified by a circle) seems to bee more complex (green line) as seen from the Earth. The figure explains why it seems that the planet changes its direction. The lines connecting the Earth and Mars show the direction we have to see to observe Mars. As time passes these lines define the orbit of Mars as seen from the Earth. Mars looks as if it moves sometimes back changing its direction and moving on a loop. Planetary orbits are complex in a geocentric world model, like that of Ptolemy. For the Earth the orbit around the Sun is almost circular. Ptolemy was an astronomer, mathematician and geographer . He codified the Greek geocentric view of the universe, and rationalized the apparent motions of the planets as they were known in his time. Ptolemy synthesized and extended Hipparchus's system of epicycles and eccentric circles to explain his geocentric theory of the solar system. Ptolemy's system involved at least 80 epicycles to explain the motions of the Sun, the Moon, and the five planets known in his time. The circle was considered as the ideal orbit even if Hipparchus proposed an eccentric motion. It was only Kepler who finally showed that the planet orbits are elliptic and not spherical.
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ptolemy II Philadelphus. University of Auckland, New Zealand. July 13 to 16, 2005.Call for papers and registration form. Scholars are invited to attend and
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