Pertaining To A Certain Ancient Writer
- To describe the writings of Claudius Ptolemaeus, known as Ptolemy, the 2nd-century AD geographer and astronomer/astrologer
- Ptolemaic system, a geocentric model of the universe developed in detail by the astronomer Claudius Ptolemaeus
Ptolemaic can also refer to other people or objects called Ptolemy, see Ptolemy (name).
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