It is originally from the Greek Μουσεῖον ( Mouseion ), which denotes a place or temple dedicated to the Muses ( the patron divinities in Greek mythology of the arts ), and hence a building set apart for study and the arts, especially the Musæum ( institute ) for philosophy and research at Alexandria by Ptolemy I Soter about 280 BCE.

** Timarchus, Seleucid nobleman, possibly from Miletus in Anatolia, appointed governor of Media in western Iran by the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes and who has rebelled against his successor, Demetrius I Soter, until he is killed in a battle with Demetrius ' forces

Saint Caius's feast day is celebrated on 22 April, as is that of Saint Soter.

* As a result of the rise of the pretender, Alexander Balas, Demetrius I Soter is forced to recall most of his garrisons in Judea.

* Timarchus, Seleucid nobleman, possibly from Miletus in Anatolia, appointed governor of Media in western Iran by the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes and who has rebelled against his successor, Demetrius I Soter, until he is killed in a battle with Demetrius ' forces

* Seleucus II dies after a fall from his horse and is succeeded by his eldest son Seleucus III Soter.

* The city of Pergamum is attacked by the Galatians ( Celts who have settled in central Anatolia ) because the leader of Pergamum, Attalus I Soter, has refused to pay them the customary tribute.

* The Seleucid king Antiochus I Soter is defeated by Egypt's Ptolemy II during the First Syrian War.

* Menelaus, brother of Egypt's ruler, Ptolemy I Soter, is defeated and captured by Demetrius Poliorcetes in the Battle of Salamis, a naval battle off Cyprus.

In 278 BC the Gauls broke into Anatolia, and a victory that Antiochus won over these hordes is said to have been the origin of his title of Soter ( Gr. for " saviour ").

It is said that when Alexander crossed the Hydaspes river on a boat, he was accompanied by Perdiccas, Ptolemy I Soter, Lysimachus and also Seleucus.

The name apparently is related to the title Soter he uses for himself.

His skill at drawing the human face is the point of a story connecting him with Ptolemy I Soter.

He is assumed to have been an illegitimate son of Ptolemy IX Soter, perhaps by an Egyptian woman.

Demetrius first went to Thebes, and then ( after Cassander's death in 297 BC ) to the court of Ptolemy I Soter at Alexandria, with whom he lived for many years on the best terms, and who is even said to have entrusted to him the revision of the laws of his kingdom.

* 312 BCE: Jerusalem is re-captured by Ptolemy I Soter after he defeats Antigonus ' son Demetrius I at the Battle of Gaza.

* 301 BCE: Coele-Syria ( Southern Syria ) including Jerusalem is re-captured by Ptolemy I Soter after Antigonus I Monophthalmus is killed at the Battle of Ipsus.

Demetrius, a client of Ptolemy I Soter, is not a good candidate as a collaborator with Ptolemy II Philadelphias.

Although no sources for the dates of his life and death remain, his work is usually associated with the reigns of Ptolemy I Soter ( 323-283 BC ) and Ptolemy II Philadelphus ( 285-246 BC ).

The most reasonable approach is that Antioch was founded by Antiochus I Soter as a military base to control the Galatian attacks because it was on the border of the regions of Pisidia and Phrygia.

" At the very end we learn that the child's name is Euclid and he pulls out a small version of the platohedron showing that the destruction of the world was metaphysical in nature and that the new world of Euclid and Ptolemy I Soter has replaced the old world of Aristotle and Plato.

Super Troopers is a 2001 comedy film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, written by and starring the Broken Lizard comedy group ( Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske ).

In 305 BC, he declared himself King Ptolemy I, later known as " Soter " ( saviour ).

After the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great, and the Hellenization of the Egyptian culture initiated by Ptolemy I Soter, Isis eventually became known as Queen of Heaven.

Ptolemy I Soter I (, Ptolemaĩos Sōtḗr, i. e. Ptolemy ( pronounced ) the Savior ), also known as Ptolemy Lagides, c. 367 BC – c. 283 BC, was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great, who became ruler of Egypt ( 323 BC – 283 BC ) and founder of both the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Dynasty.

Some of them were long considered portraits of the family of the Theban Archon Pollios Soter, a historical character known from written sources, but this has turned out to be incorrect.

Menander I Soter " The Saviour " ( known as Milind in Indian sources ) was one of the rulers of the Indo-Greek Kingdom from either 165 or 155 BC to 130 BC ( the first date Osmund Bopearachchi and R. C. Senior, the other Boperachchi ).

Merv was renamed Antiochia Margiana, by the Seleucid ruler Antiochus Soter, who rebuilt and expanded the city at the site presently known as Gyaur Gala ( Turkish Gayur Kala ) ( Fortress ).

Among the known bishops are Nazarius, in 458, and Soter, in 553 ( Daniele Farlati, Illyricum sacrum, VII, 397-401 ).

Ptolemy I Soter is the most known notable person of Ancient Eordaea.

Along with Carl Sagan and Steven Soter, Druyan was one of the three writers of the TV series COSMOS and a producer for the motion picture CONTACT.

The Roman Martyrology, the official list of recognized saints, references Soter: " At Rome, Saint Soter, Pope, whom Dionysius of Corinth praises for his outstanding charity towards needy exiled Christians who came to him, and towards those who had been condemned to the mines.

The book detailing the 1969 revision of the General Roman Calendar states: " There are no grounds for including Saint Soter and Saint Caius among the martyrs.

Demetrius acquires his surname of Soter ( meaning Saviour ) from the Babylonians, for delivering them from the tyranny of Timarchus.

The Seleucid king Antiochus wins a major battle over the Gauls leading to his being given the title of Soter ( Greek for " saviour ").

Demetrius II ( Greek: Δημήτριος Β ` died 125 BC ), called Nicator ( Greek: " Νικάτωρ ", i. e. " Victor "), was one of the sons of Demetrius I Soter, brother of Antiochus VII Sidetes and his mother could have been Laodice V. He ruled the Seleucid Empire for two periods, separated by a number of years of captivity in Hyrcania in Parthia.

The siege of Rhodes lasted a year and ended in 304 BC when Demetrius meeting with obstinate resistance, he was obliged to make a peace treaty upon the terms that the Rhodians would build ships for Antigonus and aid him against any enemy except for Ptolemy, on whom they bestowed the title Soter ( savior ) for his aid during the lengthy siege.

When his older brother, Seleucus IV followed his father onto the throne in 187 BC, Antiochus was exchanged for his nephew Demetrius I Soter ( the son and heir of Seleucus ).

Since Seleucus ' legitimate heir, Demetrius I Soter, was still a hostage in Rome, Antiochus, with the help of King Eumenes II of Pergamum, seized the throne for himself, proclaiming himself co-regent for another son of Seleucus, an infant named Antiochus ( whom he then murdered a few years later ).

Wesseling and Henry Fynes Clinton think the elder brother to be the one meant, for Soter was more likely to have been a minor on his accession in 117 BC than Alexander in 107 BC, ten years after their father's death ; the second edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary article on Agatharchides agrees that the son was Soter.

Diodotus I Soter () ( c. 285 BC – c. 239 BC ) was Seleucid satrap of Bactria, rebelled against Seleucid rule soon after the death of Antiochus II in c. 255 or 246 BC, and wrested independence for his territory.

A famous acrostic was made in Greek for the acclamation JESUS CHRIST, GOD ' S SON, SAVIOUR (; Iesous CHristos, THeou Yios, Soter — ch and th being each one letter in Greek ).

He lived for some time at the court of Seleucus I Nicator, where he acquired great reputation by discovering the disease of Antiochus I Soter, the king's eldest son, probably 294 BC.

As Ptolemy I Soter (" Saviour "), he founded the Ptolemaic dynasty that was to rule Egypt for nearly 300 years.