Information on Ptolemy??

Question

Does anyone know where i can learn more about Ptolemy? I have searched and found only some information on Wikipedia.

Any site, or links, or book names or general information would be very grateful!!

I was mainly looking for the Ptolemy from egypt. The architect also known as soter.

Answer 1

Which one?

The astronomer, geographer and mathematician Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy); the Macedonian general Ptolemy I Soter, who founded the Egyptian dynasty, or one of his descendants; Ptolemy (son of Dorymenes); Ptolemy (son of Mennaeus); Ptolemaeus Chennus; Ptolemy (gnostic); Ptolemy I and II, one of the governors of Tusculum; Bernard Tolomeo (Italian spelling of Ptolemy, founder of the Olivetan Roman Catholic religious order; Tolomeo da Lucca, also known as Bartholomew of Lucca, historian and Dominican; or John Baptist Tolomei (Italian variant of Ptolemy), Jesuit theologian and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Or perhaps some other Ptolemy?

Edit: I'm still not sure which one you want. Perhaps Ptolemy II Soter? AKA Ptolemy IX Soter II and Ptolemy VIII Soter II, depending on the source. While I find nothing about him being an architect, there was considerable building credited to his reign. I haven't come up with anything about Ptolemy I Soter that has anything to do with architecture. Try this link about Ptolemy II Soter:

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/11*.html

Answer 2

I Did a challenge in this in 3 hundred and sixty 5 days 7, and if i am going to nonetheless keep in innovations, i beleive they invented the telescope, then did their researches with the help of the telescope, this become in Italy, interior an same city that the Leaning Tower Of Pizza is, so the area they studied in maximum become Pizza, Italy.

Answer 3

http://www.houseofptolemy.org/

Google or Yahoo: Ptolemy of Egypt

If this is not the Ptolemy you are looking for, please clarify.

Have fun!

Answer 4

Try this link:

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Ptolemy.html