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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 140-170 |
Number of pages | 31 |
Journal | Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2023 |
Bibliographical note
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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