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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Main Author: Mendels, Doron 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2023
In: 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
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.
ISSN:1745-5286
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/09518207231168819