Ptolemy of Thebes

In Greek mythology, Ptolemy or Ptolomeus[1] was an ancestral ruler of Thebes, in ancient Greece living in the 12th century BCE. His father was Damasichthon; his son, Xanthus.[2] Since the Homeric root to Ptolemy includes no T the name is reconstructed as Polemy.
References

Osborne, T. (1747). An Universal History: The Ancient Part, Volume 6 (Google Books). p. 192. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

Frazer, J. G. Pausanias's Description of Greece: Vol 1, Translation (Google Books). p. 452. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

Regnal titles
Preceded by
Damasichthon Mythical King of Thebes Succeeded by
Xanthus

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Kings of Thebes
Kings

Calydnus Ogyges Cadmus Pentheus Polydorus Nycteus (regent for Labdacus) and Lycus I (regent for Labdacus) Labdacus Lycus I (regent for Laius) Laius Amphion and Zethus Laius (second rule) Creon Oedipus Creon (second rule) (regent for Eteocles and Polynices) Polynices and Eteocles Creon (third rule) (regent for Laodamas) Lycus II (usurper) Laodamas Thersander Peneleos (regent for Tisamenus) Tisamenus Autesion Damasichthon Ptolemy Xanthos

In literature

Antigone (Sophocles) Antigone (Euripides play) The Bacchae Herakles Iliad Oedipus Oedipus at Colonus Oedipus Rex The Phoenician Women Seven Against Thebes The Thebans

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