Fighting with tales: 2 the Byzantine book of Syntipas the Philosopher
The BSP survives as an eleventh-century translation from Syriac into Greek, whose plot revolves around the theme of the role of philosophers in princely education, and as advisors to rulers. The text features an array of colourful characters – a great king, a young prince, a wily wife, an erudite t...
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Brill Academic Publishers
2016
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