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Delphic Maxims in Aï Khanum

Laura Boffo    Università degli Studi di Trieste    

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abstract

During the unknown Seleucid foundation in the eastern Bactriana near Ai Khanoum, a man by the name of Clearchus had a stele with a series of about 150 maxims ascribed to the Seven Sages built in the temenos of Cineas, the oikistes. The historical context of the eastern Hellenism and the epigraphic style of the manufacture suggest the first quarter of the third century BC as the date of the dedication and lead to identify the writer with the peripatetic philosopher Clearchus of Soli.

Published
June 30, 2017
Accepted
Nov. 9, 2016
Submitted
Aug. 30, 2016
Language
IT

Keywords: Battriana • Ecista • Epigramma • Identità • Aï Khanum • Heroon • Temenos • Sette Sapienti • Stele • Oriente ellenistico • Delfi • Massime • Città • Filosofo peripatetico • Clearco di Soli • Dedica

permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/2532-6848/Axon-1-1-17-20

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