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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 143 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ACHIACHARUS , a name occurring in the See also:

book of See also:Tobit (i. 21 f.) as that of a See also:nephew of Tobit and an See also:official at the See also:court of Esarhaddon at See also:Nineveh. There are references in Rumanian, See also:Slavonic, Armenian, Arabic and See also:Syriac literature to a See also:legend, of which the See also:hero is Ahikar (for Armenian, Arabic and Syriac, see The See also:Story of Ahikar, F. C. See also:Conybeare, Rendel See also:Harris and See also:Agnes See also:Lewis, Camb. 1898), and it was pointed out by See also:George See also:Hoffmann in 188o that this Ahikar and the Achiacharus of Tobit are identical. It has been contended that there are traces of the legend even in the New Testament, and there is a striking similarity between it and the See also:Life of See also:Aesop by See also:Maximus See also:Planudes (ch. See also:xxiii.-xxxii.). An eastern See also:sage Achaicarus is mentioned by See also:Strabo. It would seem, therefore, that the legend was undoubtedly See also:oriental in origin, though the relationship of the various versions can scarcely be recovered. See the Jewish See also:Encyclopaedia and the Encyclopaedia Biblica; also M. R. See also:James in The See also:Guardian, Feb.

2, 1898, p. 163 f.

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