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Ptolemaeus ( Πτολεμαῖος – Ptolemaios ) is a Greek name.

It occurs once in Greek mythology, and is of Homeric form.

It was common among the Macedonian upper class at the time of Alexander the Great, and there were several of this name among Alexander's army, one of whom made himself King of Egypt in 323 BC: Ptolemy I Soter.

All the kings after him, until Egypt became a Roman province in 30 BC, were also Ptolemies.