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- Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon, nicknamed Physcon, was a king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. He was the younger son of King Ptolemy V and Queen Cleopatra I. His reign was characterised by fierce political and military conflict with his older siblings, Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II.
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Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Εὐεργέτης Τρύφων, Ptolemaĩos Euergétēs Tryphōn, "Ptolemy the Benefactor, the Opulent"; c. 184 BC – 28 June 116 BC), nicknamed Physcon (Φύσκων, Physkōn, "Fatty"), was a king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt.
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Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon, nicknamed Physcon, was a king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. He was the younger son of King Ptolemy V and Queen Cleopatra I. His reign was characterised by fierce political and military conflict with his older siblings, Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II.
Ptolemy VIII Physcon. Father: Ptolemy V Epiphanes. Mother: Cleopatra Syra (daughter of Antiochus III the Great) First wife: his sister Cleopatra II (widow of Ptolemy VI) Second wife: his niece and stepdaughter Cleopatra III. Sons: Ptolemy IX Soter, Ptolemy X Alexander.
Ptolemy VIII Physcon (170–163 BC, 145–116 BC) married Cleopatra II, then Cleopatra III; temporarily expelled from Alexandria by Cleopatra II from 131 to 127 BC, then reconciled with her in 124 BC.
- 305 BC
- Ptolemy I Soter
The will of Ptolemy VIII Physcon. During the Sixth Syrian War, the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes invaded Egypt and besieged Alexandria. An angry crowd demanded that king Ptolemy VI Philometor (181-145) make his brother Ptolemy VIII Physcon co-ruler.
Ptolemy VIII (Ptolemy Physcon) (tŏl´əmē fĬs´kən), d. 116 BC, king of ancient Egypt (145–116 BC), of the Macedonian dynasty, brother of Ptolemy VI. He is also called Ptolemy Euergetes II.
Ptolemy VIII Physcon, often referred to as Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II or Ptolemy the Benefactor, was a vehement ruler of Egypt. He first tasted power when he was 12 years old as his brother’s co-ruler of Egypt in 170 BC.
