PTOLEMY (Philadelphus), his second son, succeeded him to the exclusion of Ptolemy Ceraunus. He was renowned as a conqueror, but more revered for his great vir-
tues and political abilities. He established and augmented the famous Alexandrian library, which had been begun by his father. He greatly increased the commerce of Egypt, and granted considerable privileges to the Jews, from whom he obtained a copy of the Old Testament, which he caused to be translated into Greek, and deposited in his library. This is supposed to have been the version called the Septuagint. He died 246 years B. C. aged 64.