TY  - BOOK
AU  - Llewellyn-Jones,Lloyd
TI  - King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE
T2  - Debates and Documents in Ancient History : DDAH
SN  - 9780748641260
U1  - 935.705 23
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Edinburgh : 
PB  - Edinburgh University Press, 
KW  - Classics & Ancient History
KW  - HISTORY / Ancient / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Series Editors’ Preface --; Preface --; A Note on Abbreviations --; Timeline --; Map of the Persian Empire --; Map of Iran --; Plan of the Terrace at Persepolis --; Part I Debates --; Part II Documents --; Further Reading --; Internet Resources --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - 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 through the sometimes distorted prism of Classical authors
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748677108
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748677108
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780748677108/original
ER  -