Round 11: 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 (10[1])lost to the rebel (-5[1])Hogrunaphor after his predecessor of this name was defeated at the Battle of Raphia. A ruler of this name (10[1])gathered seventy-two scholars to translate the Torah (10[1])into Greek and commissioned a history (10[2])of his (10[1])kingdom from Manetho. (-5[1])The first ruler of this name built both a mausoleum for Alexander the Great and a lighthouse called the Pharos (10[1])in his capital. (10[2])For 10 points, give this name (10[1])of fourteen rulers of the dynasty that ruled Hellenistic Egypt. ■END■ (10[2])

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