ABSTRACT
According to the arrangement made between Ptolemy II and Antiochus II., the former queen of Antiochus, Laodice, was to be left with her two sons in a secondary position in Asia Minor, whilst Ptolemy's daughter, Berenice, reigned at Antioch and bore children for the Seleucid inheritance. The second Ptolemy, as was said, has left few traces of himself as a builder or restorer of Egyptian temples. The expedition which Ptolemy III led into Asia was the greatest military triumph ever achieved by the house of Ptolemy. The Book of Daniel speaks of Ptolemy bringing back captive to Egypt gods belonging to the conquered people and precious things. The state-cult at Alexandria received further development after Ptolemy's return from the East. The Alexandrine court still had its hand in the politics and conflicts of the Mediterranean world.
