Ptolemy; died 333 BC) son of Seleucus from Orestis or Tymphaia, was one of the select officers called Somatophylaces, or guards of the king's person; he combined with that distinguished post the command of one of the divisions of the phalanx. Ptolemy was from an upper noble family. He was lately married when he accompanied Alexander on his expedition to Asia, 334 BC, on which account he was selected by the king to command the body of Macedonians, who were allowed to return home for the winter at the end of the first campaign. In the following spring he rejoined Alexander at Gordium, with the troops under his command, accompanied by fresh reinforcements. At the Battle of Issus (333 BC) his division of the phalanx was one of those opposed to the Greek mercenaries under Darius III, and upon which the real brunt of the action consequently devolved; and he himself fell in the conflict, after displaying the utmost valour. References Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Ptolemaeus (4)", Boston, (1867) Notes Somatophylakes Generals of Alexander the Great Ancient Orestians Ancient Macedonian generals 333 BC deaths Year of birth unknown

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“I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral, but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies, I no longer touch earth with my feet. I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia.”
— In some of the manuscripts, the books begins with this epigram (Owen Gingerich, The Eye of Heaven: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, American Institute of Physics, 1993, p. 55).
“We consider it a good principle to explain the phenomena by the simplest hypothesis possible.”
— Book III, sec 1 (trans. Gerald J. Toomer)
“πᾶν μὲν τὸ δυσέφικτον παρὰ τοῖς πολλοῖς εὐδιάβλητον ἔχει φύσιν”
— Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men.
“The length of lifetakes the leading place among inquiries about events following birth.”
— Book III, sec. 10
“As material fortune is associated with the properties of the body, so honor belongs to those of the soul.”
— Book IV, sec. 1
“There are three classes of friendship and enmity, since men are so disposed to one another either by preference or by need or through pleasure and pain.”
— Book IV, sec. 7

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Ptolemy; died 333 BC) son of Seleucus from Orestis or Tymphaia, was one of the select officers called Somatophylaces, or guards of the king's person; he combined with that distinguished post the command of one of the divisions of the phalanx. Ptolemy was from an upper noble family. He was lately married when he accompanied Alexander on his expedition to Asia, 334 BC, on which account he was selected by the king to command the body of Macedonians, who were allowed to return home for the winter at the end of the first campaign. In the following spring he rejoined Alexander at Gordium, with the troops under his command, accompanied by fresh reinforcements. At the Battle of Issus (333 BC) his division of the phalanx was one of those opposed to the Greek mercenaries under Darius III, and upon which the real brunt of the action consequently devolved; and he himself fell in the conflict, after displaying the utmost valour.

Notable quotes

“I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral, but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies, I no longer touch earth with my feet. I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia.”
— In some of the manuscripts, the books begins with this epigram (Owen Gingerich, The Eye of Heaven: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, American Institute of Physics, 1993, p. 55).
“We consider it a good principle to explain the phenomena by the simplest hypothesis possible.”
— Book III, sec 1 (trans. Gerald J. Toomer)
“πᾶν μὲν τὸ δυσέφικτον παρὰ τοῖς πολλοῖς εὐδιάβλητον ἔχει φύσιν”
— Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men.
“The length of lifetakes the leading place among inquiries about events following birth.”
— Book III, sec. 10
“As material fortune is associated with the properties of the body, so honor belongs to those of the soul.”
— Book IV, sec. 1
“There are three classes of friendship and enmity, since men are so disposed to one another either by preference or by need or through pleasure and pain.”
— Book IV, sec. 7

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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Ptolemy; died 333 BC) son of Seleucus from Orestis or Tymphaia, was one of the select officers called Somatophylaces, or guards of the king's person; he combined with that distinguished post the command of one of the divisions of the phalanx. Ptolemy was from an upper noble family. He was lately married when he accompanied Alexander on his expedition to Asia, 334 BC, on which account he was selected by the king to command the body of Macedonians, who were allowed to return home for the winter at the end of the first campaign. In the following spring he rejoined Alexander at Gordium, with the troops under his command, accompanied by fresh reinforcements. At the Battle of Issus (333 BC) his division of the phalanx was one of those opposed to the Greek mercenaries under Darius III, and upon which the real brunt of the action consequently devolved; and he himself fell in the conflict, after displaying the utmost valour. References Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Ptolemaeus (4)", Boston, (1867) Notes Somatophylakes Generals of Alexander the Great Ancient Orestians Ancient Macedonian generals 333 BC deaths Year of birth unknown

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