I Digress: Ptolemy I and Alexander the Great, brothers?
04/25/21 • 7 min
Our digression this week is from Persepolis and has us pondering if Ptolemy I and Alexander the Great could possibly have been brothers.
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Our digression this week is from Persepolis and has us pondering if Ptolemy I and Alexander the Great could possibly have been brothers.
For all the usual suff, check out the website.
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*Not AI generated. All content is original.*
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Destination: History - I Digress: Ptolemy I and Alexander the Great, brothers?
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Welcome to Destination: History - I Digress, where we tackle interesting and only slightly relevant things.
Today we digress from Persepolis to find out if Alexander the Great and Ptolemy I were half-brothers.
The rumours – 00:21
So there are two stories as to the paternal figure in Ptolemy’s life.
One is that he was the son of a Macedonian noblemen, Lagus.
The other is that he was the illegitimate son of Philip II. Who coincidentally, was a
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