Auteur(s) : D. Brendan NAGLE (Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA)
Titre : Alexander and Aristotle’s Pambasileus
Revue : L’Antiquité Classique
Volume : 69
Date : 2000
Pages : 117-132

Abstract:
Aristotle’s pambasileus or absolute king (Politics III, 14, 1285b 29-33) is not a theoretical construct, an hypothetical element in his theory of distributive justice, but a real, existential king who rules justly over poleis and ethne. The article discusses how it was possible for Aristotle to include this type of king in his list of orthodox, monarchic politeiai.