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On Seleucus IV Philopator: Text and Manuscripts

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Seleucus , filius antiochi magni , heliodorum missum in jerusalem ad spoliandum templi erarium, a duobus iuuenibus interfectum, ad preces onie resuscitatum, recepit.
Seleucus, son of Antiochus the Great, received Heliodorus, who had been sent to Jersualem to rob the treasury of the temple, was killed by two young men, and revived by the prayers of Onias.

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Version

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 29 (C2)

Seleuchus filius antiochj
magni heliodorum missum
in ierusalem ad spoliandum tem
plj erarium. a duobus iuueni
bus interfectum. ad preces onie
resuscitatum recepit.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Seleucus filius antiochy magni heli
odorum missum in ierusalem templi erarium
a duobus iuuenibus interfectum ad preces
onie resuscitatum recepit.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Seleucus
filius antiochi mna
gni. heliodorum
missum in ierusalem ad spo
liandum erarium templi.
a duobus iuuenibus inter
fectum. ad preces onie re
suscitatum recepit.

Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.5 (C)

Manuscript group GB6

Seleuchus filius anti
ochi magni eliodorum
missum in ierusalem
ad spoliandum templi
erarium a iuuenibus
duobus interfectum
ad preces onie resus
citatum recepit.


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Citation recommendation

On Seleucus IV Philopator: Text and Manuscripts. In: Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae: a research platform and edition, ed. by Andrea Worm, et al., Graz: 2026. https://gams.uni-graz.at/query:chigc.thirdlayer?params=$1|t-seleucus4.

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