Ptolemais (c. 315 BCE–?)
Ptolemais (c. 315 bce–?)
Egyptian princess. Born c. 315 bce; dau. of Ptolemy I Soter, king of Egypt (r. 305–285 bce), and Eurydice (fl. 321 bce); cousin of Magas and Ptolemy II; m. Demetrius Poliorcetes ("the City Besieger"); children: Demetrius the Fair (who m. Berenice II of Cyrene [c. 273–221 bce]).
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