Ptolemy

We first find it in Ptolemy (vii. 2) whose Maniólai Islands, of India extra Gangem, cause iron nails to fly out of ships, the effect of the Lapis

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

I know that technically the conception of Earth as lying at the center of the universe, as proposed by the Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy, is at odds with the established facts.

Never Mind 2004

I know that technically the conception of Earth as lying at the center of the universe, as proposed by the Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy, is at odds with the established facts.

Never Mind 2004

For instance, he calls Ptolemy _Fortunae pudor crimenque deorum_; [34] he arraigns the gods as caring more for vengeance than liberty; [35] he calls Septimius a disgrace to the gods, [36] the death of

The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879

(Then again Piers also told somebody called Ptolemy that he had a silly name, so maybe it was tongue in cheek.)

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While this family ruled Egypt, its kings all took the name Ptolemy, but each of its queens took the name Cleopatra.

CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

While this family ruled Egypt, its kings all took the name Ptolemy, but each of its queens took the name Cleopatra.

CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

Another was a Roman geographer called Ptolemy who wrote a description of Britain, listing the names of the many British tribes.

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His younger brother-whom the Alexandrians have decided to call Ptolemy the Cyprian-was sent to be regent of Cyprus.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

In Egypt the aged Ptolemy had abdicated in 285 in favour of his son by Berenice afterwards known as Ptolemy Philadelphus, and to the exclusion of his eldest son, Ptolemy Ceraunus, by his wife

A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest William Smith 1853