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From a gardener to king (3)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Sargon legends 04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry 04.02 Royal epics and legends 04.02.02 Sargon legends Substitute king ritual 03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices 03.01 Public festivals 03.01.10 Substitute king ritual	Keywords gardeners kings substitution
Period 6th century CE Byzantine Empire	Channel Byzantine philosophers and scholars

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Agathias, Histories 2.25:
The line of Semiramis stopped with Beleous. For a certain fellow named Beletaras, a gardener and, in fact, in charge of the king’s orchards and gardens, reaped for himself a surprising harvest - the throne!

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Agathias, Histories 2.25

Bibliography

Drews 1974, 390

Drews, Robert. “Sargon, Cyrus and Mesopotamian Folk History.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 33 (1974) 387-393. [JSTOR (requires subscription)]

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Cf. From a gardener to king (2)

Amar Annus

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