Open AccessSymmachia kai philia in the histories of John Cantacuzenos
Author(s) -
Žarko Petković
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
zbornik radova vizantološkog instituta/zbornik radova vizantološkog instituta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0917
pISSN - 0584-9888
DOI - 10.2298/zrvi1956161p
Subject(s) - alliance , phrase , order (exchange) , word order , treaty , philosophy , history , literature , linguistics , art , law , political science , archaeology , economics , finance
The article deals with the phrase symmachia kai philia, as used by John Cantacuzenos (Hist. I 8; II 5; II 25). John Cantacuzenos was familiar with the phrase (denoting forms of treaty or alliance between the states) through classical authors (Polybius, ?specially), but it seems that symmachia kai philia (in that specific word order) was borrowed from the First Book of Maccabbes.