History of Filoi tou basileus in the Hellenistic monarchy

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of filoi tou basileus in hellenistic times. The author demonstrates that this institution appeared in the Ptolemaic kingdom in the 4th century B.C. and was later accepted by the Seleucids. The main object of his analysis is the structure and functions of this institution before and after the transformation of the aulic titulature in the mid-second century B.C.