A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Φιλάδελφος), a surname of Ptolemaeus II. king of Egypt [PTOLEMAEUS II.], and of Attalus II. king of Pergamum [ATTALUS II.].

Philadelphus is also the name of one of the Deipnosophistae in Athenaeus, who calls him a native of Ptolemais, and describes him (i. p. 1) as a distinguished man in philosophical speculation and of an upright life.