Person
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
king of Ptolemaic Egypt
Ptolemy II Philadelphus (309 BCE – 246 BCE) is the king of Ptolemaic Egypt from 283 BCE to 246 BCE.
He is the son of the founder of the Ptolemaic kingdom Ptolemy I Soter and Berenice, and is educated by Philitas of Cos.
He has two half-brothers, Ptolemy Keraunos and Meleager, both of whom become kings of Macedonia (in 281 BCE and 279 BCE respectively).
Both die in the Gallic invasion of 280–279 BCE.
Ptolemy II erects a commemorative stele, the Great Mendes Stela.
Ptolemies III through V also erect steles.