Performing Deference in Ahiqar: The significance of a Politics of Resistance in the Narrative and Proverbs of Ahiqar

Abstract This article argues that subtle resistance to power was all-important in Ahiqar and this highlighted through interpreting the narrative poetic sections symbiotically. power, however, hidden Ahiqar, embedded ironic twists on traditionally expected roles, display of obedience, deference, loyalty is performed face king’s power. The suggested audiences at Elephantine a potential way for interpret light Persian dominance.