Ptolemy or optical factors and those caused by judgmental factors. He offered an obscure explanation of the sun or moon illusion (the enlarged apparent size on the horizon) based on the difficulty of looking upwards. There are several characters or items named after Ptolemy, including: [[File:Ptolemaeus - Quadripartitum, 1622 - 4658973.tif|thumb|"Quadripartitum", 1622]] [[Category:Ptolemy| ]] [[Category:100 births]] [[Category:170 deaths]] [[Category:1st-century Romans]] [[Category:2nd-century Romans]] [[Category:2nd-century philosophers]] [[Category:2nd-century poets]] [[Category:Egyptian calendar]] [[Category:Ancient Greek astrologers]] [[Category:Ancient Greek astronomers]] [[Category:Ancient Greek mathematicians]] [[Category:Ancient Greek music theorists]] [[Category:Astrological writers]] [[Category:Claudii]] [[Category:Egyptian astronomers]] [[Category:Egyptian mathematicians]] [[Category:Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology]] [[Category:2nd-century people of Roman Egypt]] [[Category:Ancient Greek geographers]]
Ptolemy (general) at the head of the army which was destined to carry on operations in Anatolia against the generals of Cassander. The young general successfully carried out his mission, thereby relieving Amisus, which was besieged by Asclepiodorus, and recovered the whole satrapy of Cappadocia; after which he advanced into Bithynia, compelling king Zipoites to join his alliance. Upon his approach and occupation of Ionia, Seleucus withdrew from that territory. In the latter part of that year, Ptolemy next threatened Caria, which was defended for a time by Myrmidon, the Egyptian general; but in the following year (314 BC) Ptolemy was able