Alexander the Great and the Office of Edeatros
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11809838 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Collins (0000-0003-3274-3311, corresponding author), Andrew W Collins (Classics and Ancient History University of Queensland, St Lucia Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 414-420 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0073-2435 • E-ISSN: 0717-7194 |
| Publisher | Franz Steiner Verlag (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.25162/historia-2012-0020 |
| OpenAlex | W1658084777 |
| Language | EN |
After 330 BC, Alexander implemented a set of court reforms, one of which was the introduction of the edeatros (“taster”). Despite the arguments of J.N. Kalléris, there is a reasonable case to be made that the edeatros was an office taken from the Great King’s court. Rather than a simple “taster”, however, the edeatros came to oversee the sumptuous banquets Alexander now regularly held. Ptolemy was appointed to this position, and, like Hephaestion as chiliarch, was given a Persian court office to honour him as one of the king’s loyal companions
Business · Honour · Persian · Political science · Position (finance · Ptolemy's table of chords · Theology · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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