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**bibi g** · April 16, 2013, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by bibi g

Not sure if this has been pointed out, for the word Ptolemy or Ptolemaic, the "p" is silent.

Originally Posted by Stath's

As far as Greek language is concerned, P is not silent in the word "Ptolemaioi".

That is an argument contra, because the video narrative is in English. If it were in Greek, I would rest my case.

Unfortunately, after Cheke and Smith's "Cambridge Reform", for English speakers, the word Ptolemy (Πτολεμαῖος) is no longer the way it is said in Greek since the 1500's.