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Mithridates IV of Pontus, sometimes known by his full name Mithridates Philopator Philadelphus, [2] (Greek: Mιθριδάτης ὁ Φιλoπάτωρ Φιλάδελφoς, "Mithridates the father-loving, brother-loving"; died c. 150 BC) was a prince and sixth ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus.
[4] [5] Ptolemy II had numerous half-siblings. [6] Two of his father's sons by his previous marriage to Eurydice, Ptolemy Keraunos and Meleager, became kings of Macedonia. [7] The children by his mother Berenice's first marriage to Philip included Magas of Cyrene and Antigone, the wife of Pyrrhus of Epirus. [3]
Parallels to parts of fragments 2–5 are found in Stromata, books 1, 5, and 6. [3] In addition, there is extant a small passage concerning the time of the Passover festival, quoted by Anatolius. [4] In addition, Aristobulus is the author of the first recorded Hexaemeron, although it has been lost. [5]
Philadelphus (/ ˌ f ɪ l ə ˈ d ɛ l f ə s / [2]) (mock-orange) is a genus of about 60 species of shrubs from 3–20 ft (1–6 m) tall, native to North America, Central America, Asia and (locally) in southeast Europe.
[4] [20] Eventually, for these reasons, every major Hellenistic urban center would have a royal library. [4] [21] The Library of Alexandria, however, was unprecedented because of the scope and scale of the Ptolemies' ambitions; [4] [22] unlike their predecessors and contemporaries, the Ptolemies wanted to produce a repository of all knowledge.
Attalus II Philadelphus (Greek: Ἄτταλος ὁ Φιλάδελφος, Attalos II Philadelphos, which means "Attalus the brother-loving"; 220–138 BC) was a ruler of the Attalid kingdom of Pergamon and the founder of the city of Attalia.
Antiochus XI Epiphanes Philadelphus (Greek: Ἀντίοχος Ἐπιφανής Φιλάδελφος; died 93 BC) was a Seleucid monarch who reigned as King of Syria between 94 and 93 BC, during the Hellenistic period. He was the son of Antiochus VIII and his wife Tryphaena.
The poem is a panegyric or encomium of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who reigned from 285 to 247 BC. [1] Hauler, in his Life of Theocritus, dates the poem about 259 BC, but it may have been many years earlier. [2] The references to historical personages and events, coupled with a comparison with Idyll XVI, point to 273 as the date of the poem. [1]