Ptolemais

Ptolemais is the name of several ancient cities:

  • Ptolemais, Ptolemais today in Greece, named after Ptolemy I Soter
  • Port city on the coast of Galilee, named after Ptolemy II Philadelphus, today Acre in Israel
  • Ptolemais ( Pamphylia ), location on the coast of Pamphylia, in today's Avsallar in Turkey
  • Ptolemais ( Cyrenaica ), seaside town in today's Tolmeitha in Libya, 110 km east of Benghazi
  • Built Ptolemais Theron, place on the African coast of the Red Sea, by Ptolemy II Philadelphus as a hunting base
  • Ptolemais Hermaiou, a Greek colony in Egypt, built by Ptolemy I Soter
  • More place in the Egyptian Fayum: Ptolemais Drymou
  • Ptolemais Hormou
  • Ptolemais Euergetis, briefly, the name of Crocodilopolis

Ptolemais is also an ancient woman's name; known names winners are:

  • Ptolemais ( daughter of Ptolemy I ), wife of King Demetrius I Poliorketes, daughter of Ptolemy I
  • Ptolemais of Cyrene, Musiktheoretikerin

See also:

  • Ptolemais in Libya, titular of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Ptolemais in Phoenicia, titular of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Ptolemais in Phoenicia dei Maroniti, titular of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Ptolemais in Thebaid, titular of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Disambiguation
Ptolemaida Ptolemais, Cyrenaica Demetrius I of Macedon Roman Catholic Bishop of Acre
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