Crossword-Solution: PHILADELPHUS
We have 4 clues for the answer “PHILADELPHUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ARSINOE (I), husband of | 1 answer |
| ARSINOE, assumed name of | 1 answer |
| PTOLEMY II, posthumous name of | 1 answer |
| ARSINOE (II), husband of | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything
flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour
water from a pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the
waters; to pour out sand or dust.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with PHILADELPHUS (5)
Philos of Cos, tutor of Ptolemy Philadelphus, was a dwarf, as were Carachus, the friend of Saladin; Alypius of Alexandria, who was only 2 feet high; Lucinus Calvus, who was only 3 feet high, and aesop, the famous Greek fabulist.
Philadelphus buys Aristotle’s collection to add to the stock, and Euergetes cheats the Athenians out of the original MSS.
Archimedes, also, should be included in the list, for he was a pupil of the Alexandrian school, having studied (if Proclus is to be trusted) in Egypt, under Conon the Samian, during the reigns of two Ptolemies, Philadelphus and Euergetes.
Thus Callimachus, the favourite of Ptolemy Philadelphus, and librarian of his Museum, is the most distinguished grammarian, critic, and poet of his day, and has for pupils Eratosthenes, Apollonius Rhodius, Aristophanes of Byzantium, and a goodly list more.
They seem to have set to work at their task methodically enough, under the direction of their most literary monarch, Ptolemy Philadelphus.