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

Doron Mendels*

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)140-170
Number of pages31
JournalJournal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
Volume33
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2023

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Keywords

  • adherence to the laws
  • Arrian of Nicomedia
  • autonomia
  • dikaiosyne
  • eleutheria
  • ethics of rulers
  • fairness and moderation
  • kingship
  • parrhesia
  • Ptolemy I
  • Ptolemy II
  • relationship God-king
  • subjects and races in empires

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