(Δωσίθεος; Dōsítheos).
[1] Jewish apostate
Son of Drimylos, Jewish apostate. He is supposed to have saved the life of Ptolemy IV Philopator before the battle at Raphia (217 BC)(3 Macc. 1,3). Around 240…
Dositheus(947 words)
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Schwemer, Anna Maria (Tübingen), Folkerts, Menso (Munich), Ego, Beate (Osnabrück), Rist, Josef (Würzburg) and Gatti, Paolo (Trento), “Dositheus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 22 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e323800>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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