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Philocles, king of Sidon

fl. c. 300–280 BCE · 3rd century BCE

Philocles was king of Sidon in Phoenicia and a leading commander of Ptolemy I and Ptolemy II of Egypt in the early 3rd century BCE. As commander of the Ptolemaic fleet he supervised the League of the Islanders in the Cyclades, and inscriptions from Delos and other islands honour him. He is one of the few Phoenician kings known to have held high office at a Hellenistic court.

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Nesiotic League

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