Ptolemais (tribe)

Ptolemais (Ancient Greek: Πτολεμαΐς) was a tribe (phyle) added by the ancient Athenians to the previous list of 12 Athenian tribes. The date of the addition used to be subject of a scholarly discourse,^[1] but modern researchers^[2] agree with William Scott Ferguson who (in 1932) suggested that the event took place in 224–223 B.C..^[1] Ptolemy III was chosen as one of the Eponymous Heroes due to urgency of keeping friendship with Ptolemaic Egypt.^[3] The Monument of the Eponymous Heroes had one statue added, starting the so-called Period III.

While the Athenians added the new phyle to their list at the 7th place,^[4] modern researchers use the Roman numeral XIII to designate Ptolemais.

The 13 demes that formed Ptolemais were collected from all 12 old phylai ("rule-of-one"), with the 13th, Berenicidae, newly created^[5] and named after Berenice II, wife of Ptolemy III. There was a scientific discourse on the subject, with Pritchett (1942) arguing that the "Macedonian" tribes Antigonis and Demetrias were spared.^[6]

• Bates, F.O. (1898). The Five Post-Kleisthenean Tribes. Cornell studies in classical philology. Vol. VIII. Press of Andrus & Church. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
• Pritchett, Kendrick (1942). "The Tribe Ptolemais". The American Journal of Philology. 63 (4): 413–432. doi:10.2307/291557. JSTOR 291557.
• Russo, Daria (2023). "Lead Tokens and Athenian Tribes: Iconography and Contexts of Use". In Gkikaki, M.E. (ed.). Tokens in Classical Athens and Beyond (PDF). Liverpool University Press. pp. 83–110. ISBN 978-1-83764-389-9.
• Traill, John S. (1975). The Political Organization of Attica: A Study of the Demes, Trittyes, and Phylai, and Their Representation in the Athenian Council. Hesperia Supplements. Vol. 14. doi:10.2307/1353928. JSTOR 1353928.

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