Research Notes:
died naturally or in a purge before 221 BC [Ref: Dodson Egypt p274]
probably died in the purge of 221 or earlier [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies
Alexander]
commemorated in the Exedra of Thermos [Ref: Dodson Egypt p274]
not named by Polybus as a victim of the purge of 221. Since Ptolemy IV was
apparently removing all potential dynastic threats at this time, including his
mother and even his uncle Lysimachus, it hardly seems likely that he would
have left Alexander alone if he was alive. [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Alexander]