Ptolemy II Philadelphus was the pharaoh and basileus of the Ptolemaic Kingdom from 284 to 246 BC. He was the son of Ptolemy I, the Macedonian general of Alexander the Great who founded the Ptolemaic Kingdom after the death of Alexander, and Queen Berenice I, originally from Macedon. 308 BC – January 24, 246 BC; died at about 62. Alive at the same time as Archimedes, Epicurus, Chanakya, Euclid, and Qin Shi Huang. Wiki link