The Wars of the Jews

Ptolemy (son of Menneus)

Family: Chalcis · Role: ruler of Chalcis · First appears: Book I, Chapter 9

Book I, Chapter 9

  • parent: Menneus “Ptolemy, the son of Menneus, who was then ruler of Chalcis”
  • child: Philippio “by sending his son Philippio for them to Ascalon”
  • married with Alexandra “Ptolemy himself, after he had slain his son, married her, whose name was Alexandra”
  • with Philippio (Ptolemy killed Philippio.) “for Ptolemy himself, after he had slain his son, married her”
  • ward: Antigonus (son of Aristobulus) (Ptolemy took care of Alexandra's brother, including Antigonus.) “on the account of which marriage he took the greater care of her brother and sister.”

Book I, Chapter 13

  • parent: Menneus (Menneus is Ptolemy's father.) “Lysanias had already succeeded upon the death of his father Ptolemy, the son of Menneus, in the government [of Chalcis]”
  • child: Lysanias (Ptolemy is Lysanias's father.) “Lysanias had already succeeded upon the death of his father Ptolemy, the son of Menneus, in the government [of Chalcis]”

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