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Theophrastos and Ahiqar (1)

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Ahiqar
04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry
04.03 Wisdom literature
04.03.06 Proverb collections
04.03.06.02 Ahiqar
Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
Court scholars
08 Administrative systems
08.01 Royal court
08.01.01 Royal advisors and ministers
08.01.01.01 Court scholars

Keywords
Ahiqar

Period
3rd century CE
Roman Empire

Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Diogenes Laërtius, Vitae Philosophorum 5.50:
Theophrastus, a pupil of Aristotle, wrote a work named after Ahiqar, according to Diogenes Laërtius: “Akicharos, one book [Ἁκίχαρος α΄].”

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Diogenes Laërtius, Vitae Philosophorum 5.50

Bibliography

Dalley and Reyes 1998, 110	Dalley, S. and A. T. Reyes. “Mesopotamian Contact and Influence in the Greek World.” In: S. Dalley (ed.). The Legacy of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998, 85-124.
Hicks 1950, II 500-501	Hicks, R. D. Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers. 2 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1950.

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