Editing Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (section)

==Cultural depictions==
Ptolemy appears in [[George Frideric Handel]]'s 1724 opera ''[[Giulio Cesare in Egitto]]'' ("Julius Caesar in Egypt") and [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s play ''[[Caesar and Cleopatra (play)|Caesar and Cleopatra]]'', and was played by [[Richard O'Sullivan]] in the 1963 motion picture [[Cleopatra (1963 film)|''Cleopatra'']]. Ptolemy and his fight with Caesar and Cleopatra for control of Egypt also feature in the HBO TV series ''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]]'' episode "[[Caesarion (Rome)|Caesarion]]".

Ptolemy's civil war with Cleopatra figures prominently in the 2017 historical video game ''[[Assassin's Creed Origins]]'', in which he is presented as a weak puppet ruler to the ''Order of Ancients'' who drove him to depose his sister. At the end of the war, main character Aya draws an arrow to kill him, but holds back as his boat is attacked by crocodiles, causing him to fall into the river and drown.