Ptolemais (tribe)
Ptolemais ({{langx|grc|Πτολεμαΐς}}) was a tribe ({{transl|grc|phyle}}) added by the ancient Athenians to the previous list of 12 Athenian tribes. The date of the addition used to be subject of a scholarly discourse,{{sfn|Pritchett|1942|p=413}} but modern researchers{{sfn|Russo|2023|p=83}} agree with William Scott Ferguson who (in 1932) suggested that the event took place in 224–223 B.C..{{sfn|Pritchett|1942|p=413}} Ptolemy III was chosen as one of the Eponymous Heroes due to urgency of keeping friendship with Ptolemaic Egypt.{{sfn|Pritchett|1942|p=423}} The Monument of the Eponymous Heroes had one statue added, starting the so-called Period III.
While the Athenians added the new {{transl|grc|phyle}} to their list at the 7th place,{{sfn|Pritchett|1942|p=413|loc=Note 1}} modern researchers use the Roman numeral XIII to designate Ptolemais.
The 13 demes that formed Ptolemais were collected from all 12 old {{transl|grc|phylai}} ("rule-of-one"), with the 13th, Berenicidae, newly created{{sfn|Traill|1975|p=30}} and named after Berenice II, wife of Ptolemy III. There was a scientific discourse on the subject, with Pritchett (1942) arguing that the "Macedonian" tribes Antigonis and Demetrias were spared.{{sfn|Pritchett|1942|p=425}}
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- {{cite book|last=Bates|first=F.O.|title=The Five Post-Kleisthenean Tribes|publisher=Press of Andrus & Church|series=Cornell studies in classical philology|volume=VIII|year=1898|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ws8NAAAAIAAJ|language=|access-date=2025-01-13}}
- {{cite journal|last=Pritchett|first=Kendrick|title=The Tribe Ptolemais|journal=The American Journal of Philology|volume=63|issue=4|date=1942|doi=10.2307/291557|pages=413–432|jstor=291557}}
- {{cite book |last1=Russo |first1=Daria |editor1-last=Gkikaki |editor1-first=M.E. |title=Tokens in Classical Athens and Beyond |date=2023 |publisher=Liverpool University Press |isbn=978-1-83764-389-9 |pages=83–110 |url=https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/76152/1/Gkikaki_web.pdf#page=95 |chapter=Lead Tokens and Athenian Tribes: Iconography and Contexts of Use}}
- {{cite book|last=Traill|first=John S.|title=The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council|series=Hesperia Supplements|volume=14|date=1975 |doi=10.2307/1353928|jstor=1353928|author-link=John S. Traill}}
Category:Ancient tribes in Attica
Category:220s BC establishments
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