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Were the Ptolemies more culturally Greek or Egyptian?
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Shag_Master
gynnis-scholasticus
I can recommend some earlier answers for you on this topic:
The Hellenic Ptolemid rulers of Egypt adopted certain native Egyptian customs and practices, how did the other Hellenistic kingdoms view that choice? Was it considered unusual or bizarre?
by u/cleopatra_philopater
Would ancient Greeks have recognized the Ptolemies as Greek, Macedonian, or Egyptian?
by u/Alkibiades415
Most people see Cleopatra as an Egyptian, but she was actually Greek. What is her real story and how did we come to the legends about her?
by cleopatra_philopater
Was Cleopatra actually Egyptian?
also by our cleopatra_philopater
It is discussed a bit in the massive post
Assassin's Creed Origins is set in Ptolemaic Egypt, so now I wanna know how accurate my favourite screen adaptation of it is: HBO's Rome
, again by the amazing philopater