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<p>[QUOTE="Nathan B., post: 4542114, member: 112852"]No. The way the <i>Testimonia Numaria </i>works, the texts are in volume 1, and the commentaries on the texts are in volume 2. I have never seen volume 2, but I would like to.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think we are limited in terms of what we can infer. I would start with the fact that the king had his dream recorded, and preserved. That indicates that he thought it was important. Given the way the way so many monarchist families tend to murder siblings and parents and even children for the throne, I would guess that he felt threatened by the fact that his sister got so much more value than he did. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Ptolemaic dynasty, as you probably know, was extremely inbred. In fact, the wife of Ptolemy VI was also one of his sisters, Cleopatra II. (I don't know if she was the same as "Tages" or not. "Cleopatra" and "Ptolemy" were throne names, I believe.) After Ptolemy VI died, then she married their mutual brother, Ptolemy VIII. Then Ptolemy VIII married her daughter from Ptolemy VI, whom we know as Cleopatra III, so he was married to his sister, and he was also married to his niece. This eventually caused a civil war, which was followed by a public reconciliation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra III had a son, Ptolemy IX. Imagine being him and trying to figure out how everybody was related to each other![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nathan B., post: 4542114, member: 112852"]No. The way the [I]Testimonia Numaria [/I]works, the texts are in volume 1, and the commentaries on the texts are in volume 2. I have never seen volume 2, but I would like to. I think we are limited in terms of what we can infer. I would start with the fact that the king had his dream recorded, and preserved. That indicates that he thought it was important. Given the way the way so many monarchist families tend to murder siblings and parents and even children for the throne, I would guess that he felt threatened by the fact that his sister got so much more value than he did. The Ptolemaic dynasty, as you probably know, was extremely inbred. In fact, the wife of Ptolemy VI was also one of his sisters, Cleopatra II. (I don't know if she was the same as "Tages" or not. "Cleopatra" and "Ptolemy" were throne names, I believe.) After Ptolemy VI died, then she married their mutual brother, Ptolemy VIII. Then Ptolemy VIII married her daughter from Ptolemy VI, whom we know as Cleopatra III, so he was married to his sister, and he was also married to his niece. This eventually caused a civil war, which was followed by a public reconciliation. Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra III had a son, Ptolemy IX. Imagine being him and trying to figure out how everybody was related to each other![/QUOTE]
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