Ptolemy (King of Thebes)

For other uses, see Ptolemy (name).

In Greek mythology, Ptolemy was an ancestral ruler of Thebes, living in the 12th century BCE. His father was Damasichthon; his son, Xanthus. Since the Homeric root to Ptolemy includes no T the name is reconstructed as Polemy.

Kings of Thebes

Kings	Calydnus Ogyges Cadmus Pentheus Polydorus Nycteus (regent for Labdacus) & Lycus I (regent for Labdacus) Labdacus Lycus I (regent for Laius) Laius Amphion and Zethus Laius (second rule) Creon Oedipus Creon (second rule) (regent for Eteocles & Polynices) Polynices and Eteocles Creon (third rule) (regent for Laodamas) Lycus II (usurper) Laodamas Thersander Peneleos (regent for Tisamenus) Tisamenus Autesion Damasichthon Ptolemy Xanthos

In literature	Antigone Antigone (Euripides) The Bacchae Herakles Iliad Oedipus Oedipus at Colonus Oedipus the King The Phoenician Women Seven Against Thebes The Thebans

Related articles	Thebes Necklace of Harmonia

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