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Mithridates and the Oracle of Hystaspes: Some dating issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2020

VICENTE DOBRORUKA
VICENTE DOBRORUKA*
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University of Brasilia, vicente.dobroruka@gmail.com
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Abstract

The dating of the so-called Oracle of Hystaspes or its Vorlage has for long been a major problem among scholars. This article attempts to articulate some issues present in the Oracle and similar or identical ones known to have been used in Mthridates’ VI Eupator propaganda. This can help not only dating the Oracle itself but also solve dating problems in Persian apocalyptic texts, whose dating may be pushed backwards.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 2020 , pp. 179 - 194
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