Round 1100: 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 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 (-5[1])to translate the Torah into Greek and commissioned a history of his kingdom from Manetho. The first ruler of this name built both a mausoleum for Alexander the Great and a lighthouse called (10[1])the Pharos in his (10[1])capital. For 10 points, (10[1])give this name of fourteen rulers of the dynasty (10[1])that ruled Hellenistic Egypt. ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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