Ptolemy (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
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Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, geographer and astrologer.
Ptolemy, Ptolemaeus or Tolomeo may also refer to:
People
- Ptolemy (name), including a list of people and fictional entities with the mononym and given name
- Ptolemaic dynasty, ruling dynasty of the Ptolemaic kingdom
- Ptolemy I Soter, general of Alexander the Great and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty
- Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Ptolemy III Euergetes, Ptolemy IV Philopator, Ptolemy V Epiphanes, Ptolemy VI Philometor, Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator, Ptolemy VIII Physcon (Euergetes II Tryphon), Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros), Ptolemy X Alexander I, Ptolemy XI Alexander II, Ptolemy XII Auletes (Neos Dionysus), Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, Ptolemy XIV Philopator, Ptolemy XV Caesar (Caesarion)
Places
- Ptolemaic Kingdom
- Mount Ptolemy (Antarctica)
- Mount Ptolemy (Canada)
- Lake Ptolemy
- Ptolemy's world map
- Messier 7 also known as Ptolemy's Cluster
- Ptolemaeus (lunar crater)
- Ptolemaeus (Martian crater)
- 4001 Ptolemaeus, an asteroid
Music
- Ptolemy's intense diatonic scale
- Tolomeo ('Ptolemy'), a 1728 opera by Handel
- "Ptolemy", a track from the 1992 album Selected Ambient Works 85–92 by Aphex Twin
- The Ptolemy, a 1934 large reed organ built by Harry Partch