7. " The son of Dorymenes" (1 Mace, iii, 38 ; 2 Mace, iv, 45; comp. Polyb. v, 61), a courtier who possessed great influence with Antiochus Epiphanes. He was induced by a bribe to support the cause ofMenelaus (2 Mace. iv. 45-50), and afterwards took an active part in forcing the Jews to apostatize ( 2 Mace, vi, 8, according to the true reading). When Judas had successfully resisted the first assaults of the Syrians, Ptolemy took part in the great expedition which Lysias organized against him, which ended in the defeat at Emmaus ( B.C. Hii'>) ; hot nothing is said of his personal fortunes in the campaign (1 Mace, iii, 38).
8. The son of Agesarchus i Atb. vi. p. 246 ('). a Meg- alopolitan, surnamed Macron (2 Mace, x, 12), who was governor of Cyprus during the minority of Ptolemy Philometor. This office he discharged with singular fidelity (Polyb. xxvii, 12); but afterwards he deserted the Egyptian service to join Antiochus Epiphanes. 11.- stood high in the favor ..I' Antiochus, and received from him the government of Phoenicia and Ccele-Syria (2 MaCC. viii, 8; x. 11, 12). On the accession of Anti- ochus Eupator, his conciliatory policy towards the Jews brought 1 1 i tn into suspicion at court. He was deprived of his government, and in consequence of this disgrace lie poisoned himself. B.C. cir. 164 (2 Mace, x, 13).
Ptolemy Macron is comn ly identified with Ptole- my "the son of Dorymenes;" and il seems likely, from a comparison of 1 Mace, iii, 3* with 2 Mace, viii, 8, 9, that they were confused in the popular account of the war. But the testin y of Athenseus distinctly sepa- rates the governor of Cyprus from "the son of Dorym- enes" by his parentage. It is also doubtful whether Ptolemy Macron had Left Cyprus as early as B.C. 17n. whin "the son of I >or\ meiio" was at Tyre (2 Mace.
iv, h"": though there is no authority for the common Statement thai he gave up the island into the hands of Antiochus, who did not gain ii till B.C. 168.
9. The son of Ahulius. who married the daughter of Simon i In' Maccabee. lie was a man of great wealth, and, being invested with the government of the district of Jericho, formed the design of usurping the sovereign- ty of Judaea. With this view he treacherously mur- dered Simon and two of his sous ii Mace, nvi, il 16; Josephus, Am. xiii. 7. 1; 8, 1. with some variations);
, hut John Hyrcanus received timely intimation of his design, and escaped. Hyrcanus afterwards besieged
I him in hi- stronghold of I >ok: hut in consequence of the occurrence of the Sabbatical year, Ptolemy was en- abled to make ins escape to Zeno Cotylas, prince of Philadi Iphia i Josephus, .1 m. xiii. 8, 1 1.
10. A citizen of Jerusalem, father of Lysimachus, the Greek translator of Esther ( Esth. xiii). Whether this is the same Ptolemy who is mentioned in the same
verse a- th< carrier of the hook to Egypt remains un- certain. See Li siMACHus, 1.
Ptolema'is (HroXe/uuc), the name of two places
in Scrip! ure.
1. The same as Accho (q. v.). The name is, in fact, an interpolation in the history of the place. The city which was called Accho in the earliest Jewish annals, .and which is again the Akka or St. Jean d'Acre ot cru- sading and modern times, was named l'tolemais in the Macedonian and Roman period-. In the former of these period.- it was the most important town upon the coast, and it is prominently mentioned in the first hook of Maccabees (v, 15, 55 ; x, 1,58, 60; xii. 18). In the lat- ter its eminence was far outdone by Herod's new city of Csesarea. It is worthy of notice that Herod, on his return from Italy to Syria. Landed at l'tolemais (Jose- phus. . I i,l. xiv. I."). It. Still in the New Test, l'tolemais is a marked point in Paul's travels both by land and sea. lie must have passed through ii on all his journeys along the greal coast road which connected ( a-area and Autioch ( Acts xi. 30 : xii. 25: xv, 2, 30; xviii, 22); and the distances are given both in the Antonine and Jerusalem itineraries I Wesseling, Itin, p. L58, 584 I. But it is specifically mentioned in Acts xxi. 7 as containing
a Christian i munity, visited for one day by Paul.
On this occasion he came to Ptolemais by Bea. He was then on his return voyage from the third missionary journey. The last harbor at which he had touched
was Tyre (ver. 3). From l'tolemais he proceeded, ap- parently by land, to ( teesarea | ver. 8), and thence to Je- rusalem (ver. 17). — Smith. See PAUL.
2. A place described as podoQopog, rose-producing (3 Mace, vii, 17). and supposed to be the iip/toc IlroXt/iaic of Ptolemy (iv, 5, 57), in Central Egypt, in the Arsino- ite nome, a district still abounding in roses (Mannert, Geogr. der Griechen u. Romanen, x, 1. p. 419; Hitter, Erdkunde, i. 795, 797).— Kitto.
Ptolemai'tes. a branch of the Gnostic sect of the 2d century, described by Irenajus as "a hud from the Valentinians," take their name from their leader Ptol- emy (q. v.), who differed in opinion from Yalentinian with respect io the number and nature of the aeons, as well as the authorship and design of some portions id" the Old Testament. See PTOLEMY.