Ptolemy VIII Physcon
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an Egyptian king from the second century BC
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It sits within the topics 116 BC deaths, 180s BC births and 2nd-century BC Greek people.
Its subject is documented across 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Reign
- 170–164 BC with Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II 145–132/131 BC with Cleopatra II and Cleopatra III 127/126–116 BC with Cleopatra III and (from 124 BC) with Cleopatra II
- Predecessor
- Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II
- Successor
- Ptolemy IX and Cleopatra II and Cleopatra III
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Cleopatra III of Egypt
- Child
- Tryphaena
- Father
- Ptolemy V Epiphanes
- Mother
- Cleopatra I Syra
- Sibling
- Cleopatra II of Egypt
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- pharaoh
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Family
- Ptolemaic dynasty
- Noble title
- pharaoh
- Image
- Silver tetradrachm, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, 145-116 BC.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ptolemy VIII
- date of birth
- 0182-01-01
- date of death
- 0116-01-01
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- replaced by
- Ptolemy IX Lathyros
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Encyclopedic overview
Second Horus name: ḥwnw ḥkn.tw-ḥr-nst-jt.f tjt-ḏsr(t)-nt-nsw-nṯrw stp-n-jmn-ḏs.f Hunu hekentuhernesutitef titdjeser(et)netnesunetjeru setepenamundjesef The youthful one, about whose father’s throne one is joyful, the sacred image of the king of the gods, chosen by Atum himself
Third Horus name: ḥwnw ḥri-tp-pḏt zꜢ-wsjrj msj-n-Ꜣst šzp-n.f-nsyt-rꜤ-mꜤ-jt.f Hunu heryteppedjet zausiry mesyenaset shesepenefnesytramaitef The youthful one, leader of the Nine Bows, the son of Osiris, whom Isis has borne, who has received for himself the kingship of Ra from his father’s hand
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