. "Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Greek: \u03A0\u03C4\u03BF\u03BB\u03B5\u03BC\u03B1\u1FD6\u03BF\u03C2 \u03A6\u03B9\u03BB\u03AC\u03B4\u03B5\u03BB\u03C6\u03BF\u03C2, Ptolema\u00EEos Phil\u00E1delphos, 309\u2013246 BCE) was the king of Ptolemaic Egypt from 283 BCE to 246 BCE. He was the son of the founder of the Ptolemaic kingdom Ptolemy I Soter and Berenice, and was educated by Philitas of Cos. He had two half-brothers, Ptolemy Keraunos and Meleager, who both became kings of Macedonia (in 281 BCE and 279 BCE respectively), and who both died in the Gallic invasion of 280\u2013279 BCE."@en . .