Ptolemy I. of Egypt was called Soter by the Rhodians, because he compelled Demeʹtrios to raise the siege of Rhodes. (B.C. 367, 323–285.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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