CLAS 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ptolemy Vi Philometor, Antigonid Dynasty, Cleopatra Ii Of Egypt
22 Jan 2016
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Hellenistic: the period between the death of alexander the great and the death of. Seleucid kingdom: hellenistic kingdom composed of most of the old persian empire. Antigonid kingdom: hellenistic kingdom made up of greece and macedonia. Arsinoe i: wife of ptolemy i, the first hellenistic queen of egypt to be deified. Arisnoe ii philadelphus: wife and sister of ptolemy ii; they were the first ptolemaic rulers to practice sibling marriage. Cleopatra i: wife of ptolemy v and mother of ptolemy vi. Acted as regent for her son when he was a minor. Cleopatra ii: first hellenistic queen of egypt to rule in her own right, although jointly with her brothers. Cleopatra vii: the last hellenistic monarch and the last queen of egypt. Arsinoe-aphrodite: queen arsinoe as worshipped in association with the goddess. She was associated with an existing goddess to strengthen the ruler cult.
