Ptolemaic — Minor Figures

3 figures from Plutarch's Lives who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Cilles

lieutenant · first appears Demetrius

• Demetrius · employer: Ptolemy “Cilles, Ptolemy's lieutenant”
• Demetrius · enemies with Demetrius Poliorcetes “Cilles, Ptolemy's lieutenant, with a powerful army, took the field, and, looking upon Demetrius as already defeated by the previous battle”

Menelaus

general · first appears Demetrius

• Demetrius · enemies with Demetrius Poliorcetes “immediately upon his arrival, he fell upon Menelaus, the brother of Ptolemy, and gave him a defeat”

Ptolemais

wife of Demetrius · first appears Demetrius

• Demetrius · parent: Ptolemy “Ptolemais, one of her daughters by king Ptolemy”

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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.