In his old age [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy I]] ceded the throne to his son [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Philadelphus]] and dedicated the remainder of his years to the construction of the Great Library of Alexandria which came to supersede the library at Pergamos. As part of this project he wrote his own history on the life of Alexander, which [[Quintus Curtius Rufus|Quintus]] prized as the "most trustworthy"<ref> Quintus Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander, 1.1, translated by J.C. Rolfe</ref> source on the history of [[Alexander the Great]]. | In his old age [[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy I]] ceded the throne to his son [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Philadelphus]] and dedicated the remainder of his years to the construction of the Great Library of Alexandria which came to supersede the library at Pergamos. As part of this project he wrote his own history on the life of Alexander, which [[Quintus Curtius Rufus|Quintus]] prized as the "most trustworthy"<ref> Quintus Curtius Rufus, History of Alexander, 1.1, translated by J.C. Rolfe</ref> source on the history of [[Alexander the Great]]. |