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A ruler of this dynasty apocryphally ordered soldiers to retrieve a statue of Pluto from an Anatolian city after he had a dream revealing its existence. After defeating the forces of this dynasty, a military leader earned the epithet Poliorcetes, meaning “the besieger.” A ruler of this dynasty sent military assistance during Demetrius the First’s siege of Rhodes. (-5[1])The second ruler of this dynasty, (15[1])who commissioned a work of history by the writer (*) Manetho, had the epithet “Philadelphus.” (-5[1])The founder (-5[1])of this dynasty, who defeated an army led by Perdiccas during the Wars of the Diadochi, had (10[1])the epithet (10[1])“Soter.” For 10 points, (10[1])name this (10[1])dynasty founded by a bodyguard of Alexander the Great which ruled Egypt until the death of (10[1])Cleopatra. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Ptolemaic dynasty [or House of Ptolemy; or Lagid dynasty]
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