# Ptolomaeus Philadelphus — Leviathan character guide

> Ptolomaeus Philadelphus in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-of-man

## Who they are

Ptolemaic king of Egypt who commissioned the Septuagint translation.

## In the story

### [XXXIII: Of the Number, Antiquity, Scope, Authority, and Interpreters of the Books of Holy Scripture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/xxxiii-of-the-number-antiquity-scope-authority-and-interpreters-of-the-books-of-holy-scripture)

Ptolemy, king of Egypt, is mentioned as the one who commissioned the Septuagint translation of the Jewish law into Greek.

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