of Ptolemy Philopator (204 BC), the two ministers at first assumed in conjunction the guardianship of the young king, Ptolemy Epiphanes (204–181 BC), Sosibius seems to have been soon supplanted and put to death by his insidious rival. All particulars of these events are, however, lost to us. References Bevan, Edwyn R.; The House of Ptolemy, London, (1927), chapter 7 Polybius; Histories, Evelyn S. Shuckburgh (translator); London - New York, (1889) Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Sosibius (2)", Boston, (1867) Notes 3rd-century BC Egyptian people 3rd-century BC Greek people Ptolemaic regents