Ptolemais
Ptolemais stands for:
Geography:
- Ptolemais (Kyrenaika) , coastal town near today's Tolmeitha in Libya, about 110 km east of Benghazi
- Ptolemais Hermaiou , a Greek colony in Egypt, established by Ptolemaios I Soter
- Ptolemais (Pamphylia) , place on the coast of Pamphylia, near today's Avsallar in Turkey
- Ptolemais Theron , place on the African Red Sea coast, built by Ptolemy II Philadelphos as a hunting base
- several places in Egyptian Fayum:
- Ptolemais Drymou
- Ptolemais Hormou
- Ptolemais Euergetis , briefly the name of Krokodilopolis
- Ptolemais, today Ptolemaida in Greece, named after Ptolemaios I Soter
- Port city on the coast of Galilee, named after Ptolemy II Philadelphos, today Acre in Israel
People:
- Ptolemais (daughter of Ptolemy I) , wife of King Demetrios I Poliorketes, daughter of Ptolemy I.
- Ptolemais of Cyrene , music theorist
Titular dioceses:
- Titular diocese of Ptolemais in Libya , titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church
- Ptolemais in Phenicia , titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church
- Ptolemais in Phenicia dei Maroniti , titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church
- Titular Archbishopric Ptolemais in Thebaide , titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church
