Ptolemais's the ancient name for the cities of:*Ptolemaida (Greece) - named after Ptolemy I Soter Acre (Israel) - named after Ptolemy I Soter Ptolemais Hermiou (Egypt) - Greek colony established by Ptolemy I Soter And for the historical cities of: Ptolemais Theron (African coast of the Red Sea) - established by Ptolemy II Philadelphus Ptolemais (Cyrenaica) (Libya) - probably named after Ptolemy III Euergetes Crocodilopolis (Egypt) - renamed Ptolemais Euergetis by Ptolemy III Euergetes Ptolem… (More on Ptolemais)