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Ptolemy VIII Euergetes was the eighth swayer of the Ptolemaic Period. He prevailed from 170 to 163 B.C.E., and from 145 B.C.E. until his dying. The son of Ptolemy V Epiphanes and likely Queen Cleopatra (1), he was visited Physcon, or Fatty. The Roman Scipio Africanus given him that soubriquet. He ruled for a time with Ptolemy VI Philometor and Cleopatra(2) and then established to take control, expelling his brother. Rome settled the spot, and Ptolemy VIII was presented Cyrenaica. At the death of Ptolemy VI, he put his nephew, Ptolemy VII, to death and married Cleopatra (2). He then tied a niece, Cleopatra(3) and aforethought against his first wife, who was frequent.
As a lead of court connive, Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra (3) fled to Cyprus. There they sent for Memphites, a young son of Cleopatra (2), and murdered him. They cut up the body and saved it to Cleopatra (2) as a birthday present. The couple rendered to Egypt c. 118 B.C.E. and sent Cleopatra (2) into exile. She died shortly after, but Cleopatra (3) outlived her husband, who died in 116 B.C.E.
In 118 B.C.E., Ptolemy VIII issued the Amnesty Decree, an drive to put an end to the conflicts between the clear Egyptians and the Greeks. He was considered a somewhat bruising but magnanimous helper of Egyptian temples. At Edfu, he was represented in the company of Egypt's defenders, the goddess Buto and Nekhebet, and his investiture fete was staged there. He is also represented on a wall of Kom Ombo, and he set up a temple at Tod (Djerty), near Erment. Ptolemy VIII developed two Mammisi structures, one at Philae and a support temple of Horus at Edfu.
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As a lead of court connive, Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra (3) fled to Cyprus. There they sent for Memphites, a young son of Cleopatra (2), and murdered him. They cut up the body and saved it to Cleopatra (2) as a birthday present. The couple rendered to Egypt c. 118 B.C.E. and sent Cleopatra (2) into exile. She died shortly after, but Cleopatra (3) outlived her husband, who died in 116 B.C.E.
In 118 B.C.E., Ptolemy VIII issued the Amnesty Decree, an drive to put an end to the conflicts between the clear Egyptians and the Greeks. He was considered a somewhat bruising but magnanimous helper of Egyptian temples. At Edfu, he was represented in the company of Egypt's defenders, the goddess Buto and Nekhebet, and his investiture fete was staged there. He is also represented on a wall of Kom Ombo, and he set up a temple at Tod (Djerty), near Erment. Ptolemy VIII developed two Mammisi structures, one at Philae and a support temple of Horus at Edfu.
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