Physcon

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Physcon was the derisive nickname of Ptolemy VIII, a controversial and often brutal Hellenistic ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt in the 2nd century BCE.

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Physcon canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic ruler ⓘ
Ptolemaic pharaoh ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthPlace Alexandria ⓘ
capital Alexandria ⓘ
child Cleopatra III of Egypt ⓘ
Ptolemy IX Lathyros ⓘ
Ptolemy X Alexander I ⓘ
conflict Alexandrian civil war ⓘ
coRulerWith Cleopatra II of Egypt ⓘ
Cleopatra III of Egypt ⓘ
Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ
countryRuled Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
culture Hellenistic Greek ⓘ
deathPlace Alexandria ⓘ
dynasty Ptolemaic dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Lagid dynasty
era 2nd century BCE ⓘ
father Ptolemy V Epiphanes ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
historicalPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
historicalReputation tyrannical ruler ⓘ
knownFor brutal rule ⓘ
civil conflict in Egypt ⓘ
persecution of opponents in Alexandria ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
mother Cleopatra I Syra ⓘ
name Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II ⓘ
nickname Physcon ⓘ
nicknameMeaning potbelly ⓘ
notableEvent expulsion from Alexandria and rule from Cyprus ⓘ
return to power in Egypt after exile ⓘ
policy favoring of non-Greek elements in Egypt ⓘ
repression of Alexandrian elite ⓘ
predecessor Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ
reignEnd 116 BCE ⓘ
reignStart 170 BCE ⓘ
religion Ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
royalHouse Lagid dynasty ⓘ
sibling Cleopatra II of Egypt ⓘ
Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ
spouse Cleopatra II of Egypt ⓘ
Cleopatra III of Egypt ⓘ
successor Cleopatra III of Egypt ⓘ
Ptolemy IX Lathyros ⓘ
title King of Egypt ⓘ
Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Physcon → nickname → Physcon ⓘ
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II → epithet → Physcon ⓘ
subject linked to: Euergetes II