Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Preserver

[Soter]. Ptolemy I. of Egypt was called Soter by the Rhodians, because he compelled Demetrios to raise the siege of Rhodes. (B.C. 367, 323-285.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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