Round 3: Tossup 5

Daily life during the construction of a city by a ruler of this name is recorded in documents left by Zenon of Kaunos. A ruler of this name was supported by the Gabiniani during a civil war following the death of his father, another ruler of this name with an epithet meaning “Flautist.” A ruler of this name reconquered (10[1])territory that had been lost to the rebel Hogrunaphor after his predecessor of this name was defeated at the Battle of Raphia. A ruler of this name gathered seventy-two scholars to translate the Torah into Greek and commissioned a history of his kingdom (10[1])from Manetho. (10[1])The first ruler of this name built both a mausoleum (10[1])for Alexander the Great and a lighthouse (10[1])called the Pharos (10[2])in his capital. For 10 points, give this name of fourteen rulers of the dynasty (10[1])that ruled Hellenistic Egypt. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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