Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Egyptian Pharaohs

Bust of Ptolemy I in the Louvre
Ptolemy I Soter
@Wikipedia

His lovers were:
1) Lamia.
"Lamia, a courtesan of Greece, was born at Athens, and became concubine to Ptolemy I, king of Egypt, with whom she was taken prisoner by Demetrius Poliocertes, who made her his mistress. The Athenians erected a temple to this courtesan, under the name of Venus Lamia....." (Watkins, n.p.) [Bio1:45]

2) Thais.
"...Thais of Athens rises highest of all through her charms, becoming the lover of Alexander the Great, urging the burning of Persepolis, and finally marrying Ptolemy I and becoming queen of Egypt."  (Olsen, p. 13)

Bust of Ptolemy II, National Archaeological Museum, Naples
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
(308-246)

His lovers were:
1) Agathoklea.


2) Aglais.

3) Belestike.
a.k.a.Bilistiche

4) Cleino.

5) Didyme.
"According to Ptolemy II Philadelphicus' son Ptolemy III Euergetes (284-222 BC), his father had a mistress Didyme, who was 'one of the native women'.  Didyme (or Hatre in Egyptian...) was a common name in Egypt, where there seems to have been a high proportion of twins, but she may well be the same person as the Egyptian or even Nubian Didyme described in this epigram." (Lefkovitz & Pant, 2005, p. 380)

6) Glauce.

7) Mnesis.

8) Myrtion.

9) Stratonice.
[Ref1:Lefkovitx&Pant:380] [Ref2:53]
Ptolemy III of Egypt
@Wikipedia
His lover was:
Oenanthe of Egypt(3rd century BCE).
Greek tambourine player & conspirator.
[Ref1:fofweb] [Ref2:50]

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