Associations to the word «Ptolemy»

Wiktionary

PTOLEMY, proper noun. A male given name of Greek origin, borne by historical persons in ancient Egypt.

Dictionary definition

PTOLEMY, noun. Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance.
PTOLEMY, noun. An ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin