during Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt most Egyptian had ancient Egyptian religion or Greek religion?

Question

how but later ptolemaic kings, what religion they had?
during this dynesty, the people had their egyption style or they change to greek?
how buy royal family? did they change and became egyption or they stayed greek and lived with their greek customs?

Answer 1

Even before the Ptolemies came to power in Egypt there was a growing influx of Hellenic/Greek people into Egypt as mercenaries and traders. It seems a number of ethnic Greeks adopted some Egyptian customs or attempted to reconcile the Egyptian pantheon with their own Greek pantheon. For example, the Greeks equated the Egyptian god Horus with their own Apollo, Amun-Re with Zeus, etc.
The Ptolemies, being politically savvy, did what earlier conquerors of Egypt had done before them, they took the religious aspects of Egyptian kingship and adopted them themselves. Thus the Ptolemies built temples, had themselves depicted as worshipping the Egyptian gods, had statues and various other depictions commissioned that reflected Egyptian artistic standards, and generally behaved the way a proper Egyptian king was supposed to behave. At the same time they injected a certain amount of Hellenic culture into Egypt. They expanded the city of Alexandria to make it one of the foremost cities in the ancient world, primarily as a political ploy to compete with their enemies, especially the other kings of the remainder of Alexander the Great's empire. In essence, for the sake of ruling Egypt, the Ptolemies presented themselves to their Egyptian subjects as Egyptian, while to most of the rest of the world, they appeared as Hellenic/Macedonian.
The Ptolemies also introduced an entirely new essentially "invented" god to Egypt. This god was called Serapis. Serapis combined a number of Egyptian and Greek features. He seems to have been inspired partially by Osiris and Apis, but is depicted as a typically bearded Greek god in statuary. Serapis gained widespread popularity throughout the ancient world.
Isis, an Egyptian goddess, also was enthusiastically adopted by people all over the ancient world whether they were ethnic Egyptians or not. Evidence of Isis worship is found as far afield as Germany and her cult was popular throughout the Classical Era throughout areas that were part of or bordered on the Roman Empire.

Answer 2

Later Ptolemaic Pharaohs practiced the Egyptian religion, so they would be more accepted by the populous of Egypt. I imagine that most of Egypt still practiced the Egyptian religion, but the Macedonians who came to Egypt after Alexander's death worshiped the Hellenistic deities. The major Greek custom that stayed with the Ptolemies was the Greek language. Otherwise the Pharaohs were Egyptians.

Answer 3

I think they generally followed the egyptian religion, also the greek dynasty members, in order to be accepted by the egyptian people's culture. Possibly the Ptolemaic family still worshiped the greek gods too, but the egyptian gods did not stop being worshiped.

Answer 4

They adopted some Egyptian customs, but the family was maintained as Greek; kept separate from the Egyptians, even to the point of sever in-breeding.

Answer 5

Well they've found examples of Greeks being mummified in that time period. I think that indicates that the Greek rulers adapted to the local religious customs for the most part instead of the other way around.