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King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE
Engelsk Paperback
King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE
Engelsk Paperback

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The first Persian Empire (559-331 BCE) was the biggest land empire the world had seen, and seated at the heart of its vast dominions, in the south of modern-day Iran, was the person of the Great King. Immortalized in Greek literature as despotic tyrants, a new vision of Persian monarchy is emerging from Iranian, and other, sources (literary, visual, and archaeological), which show the Kings in a very different light. Inscriptions of Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs present an image of Persian rulers as liberators, peace-makers, valiant warriors, righteous god-fearing judges, and law-makers.Around them the Kings established lavish and sophisticated courts, the centres of political decision-making and cultural achievements in which the image of monarchy was endorsed and advanced by an almost theatrical display of grandeur and power.This book explores the representation of Persian monarchy and the court of the Achaemenid Great Kings from the point of view of the ancient Iranians themselves and th
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
272
ISBN-13:
9780748641253
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0748641254
Udg. Dato:
11 jan 2013
Længde:
15mm
Bredde:
233mm
Højde:
156mm
Forlag:
Edinburgh University Press
Oplagsdato:
11 jan 2013
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