▁chapter ▁form ▁an ▁ac rost ic ▁of ▁dedic ation ▁that ▁reads : ▁" The ▁very ▁hum ble ▁De acon ▁Ag ap et us ▁to ▁the ▁sacred ▁and ▁v ener able ▁Emperor ▁Justin ian " ▁( ). ▁ ▁The ▁re put e ▁in ▁which ▁this ▁work ▁was ▁held ▁appears ▁from ▁its ▁common ▁title , ▁viz . ▁the ▁Royal ▁Se ctions ▁( ). ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁de als ▁in ▁general ▁terms ▁with ▁the ▁moral , ▁religious , ▁and ▁political ▁duties ▁of ▁a ▁r uler . ▁ ▁In ▁form ▁it ▁is ▁quite ▁sent ent ious ▁and ▁r het or ical , ▁and ▁res emb les ▁closely ▁a ▁similar ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁rom ance ▁of ▁Bar la am ▁and ▁Jos ap hat . ▁Both ▁of ▁these ▁seem ▁to ▁be ▁based ▁on ▁Is ocr ates , ▁and ▁on ▁Bas il ▁the ▁Great ▁and ▁Gregory ▁of ▁Naz ian z us . ▁ ▁The ▁work ▁of ▁Ag ap et us ▁was ▁em in ently ▁fitted ▁for ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁medieval ▁teachers ▁by ▁reason ▁of ▁its ▁content , ▁the ▁pur ity ▁of ▁its ▁Greek ▁diction , ▁and ▁its ▁skill ful ▁construction . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁widely ▁current ▁in ▁Russia ▁providing ▁the ▁form ulations ▁of ▁monarch ical ▁ide ology . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁translated ▁into ▁Latin , ▁French ▁and ▁German ▁and ▁was ▁highly ▁comm ended ▁by ▁the ▁human ists ▁of ▁the ▁Renaissance . ▁Some ▁twenty ▁ed itions ▁of ▁it ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁six teenth ▁century . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁Konst ant inos ▁D . S . ▁Pa idas , ▁He