Definitions for "Ptolemaic"
Of or pertaining to Ptolemy, the geographer and astronomer.
of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy
Map with ancient Greek perspective.
The Ptolemaic Dynasty ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC. It was a Macedonian or Greek dynasty in origin.
of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system; "in the Ptolemaic system of planetary motion the earth is fixed as the center of the universe with the sun and moon and planets revolving around it"