The ethics of ruling: Unearthing an ethical code of a Hellenistic king (embedded in Arrian, Anabasis 1–7) and its affinity to the symposia “On Kingship” in the Letter of Aristeas to Philocrates
On the basis of a newly discovered ethical code of a Hellenistic king, the Symposia that deal with kingship in the Letter of Aristeas get a new perspective. It is suggested that the two treatises “On Kingship” originated in the Ptolemaic court in the first quarter of the third century B.C.E.
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2023
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Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2023, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 140-170 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Arrianus, Flavius 95-175
/ Aristeas, Epistolographus, Ad Philocratem
/ Early Judaism
/ King
/ Ethos
/ Egypt (Antiquity)
/ History 323 BC-30 BC
/ History 299 BC-250 BC
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
ethics of rulers
B Eleutheria B dikaiosyne B relationship God-king B Arrian epicus B Kingship B subjects and races in empires B Parrhesia B Arrian of Nicomedia B fairness and moderation B Ptolemy I B Ptolemy II B Autonomia B adherence to the laws |
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| Summary: | On the basis of a newly discovered ethical code of a Hellenistic king, the Symposia that deal with kingship in the Letter of Aristeas get a new perspective. It is suggested that the two treatises “On Kingship” originated in the Ptolemaic court in the first quarter of the third century B.C.E. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5286 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/09518207231168819 |