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56 I hereby agree to your request, but please come to me at Ptolemais so that we may meet each other, and I will become your father-in-law, as you have proposed.”

57 In the year one hundred and sixty-two, Ptolemy set out from Egypt with his daughter Cleopatra and came to Ptolemais, 58 where King Alexander met him. Ptolemy gave him his daughter Cleopatra in marriage, and their wedding was celebrated at Ptolemais with great pomp, as is customary with such royal occasions.

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