---
name: Ptolemy of Ascalon
name_greek: Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Ἀσκαλωνίτης
eul_aid: oyc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/ptolemy-of-ascalon-oyc"
period: Roman
dialect: Koine
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Ptolemy of Ascalon

*Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Ἀσκαλωνίτης*

**eul_aid:** `oyc` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/ptolemy-of-ascalon-oyc)

Ptolemy of Ascalon was a 2nd century BCE grammarian. Two grammatical treatises are preserved. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [On the Difference of Words](https://eulogikon.org/works/ptolemy-ascalon-difference-words-oyc-ab) — *Περὶ διαφορᾶς* · `oyc-ab`
- [On the Difference of Words by Element](https://eulogikon.org/works/ptolemy-ascalon-difference-words-element-oyc-aa) — *Περὶ διαφορᾶς λέξεων* · `oyc-aa`

## License and provenance

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