Format:
Online-Ressource (246 p)
ISBN:
9781472514271
Series Statement:
Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception
Content:
Xerxes, the Persian king who invaded Greece in 480 BC, quickly earned a notoriety that endured throughout antiquity and beyond. The Greeks' historical encounter with this eastern king â€" which resulted, against overwhelming odds, in the defeat of the Persian army â€" has inspired a series of literary responses to Xerxes in which he is variously portrayed as the archetypal destructive and enslaving aggressor, as the epitome of arrogance and impiety, or as a figure synonymous with the exoticism and luxury of the Persian court. Imagining Xerxes is a transhistorical analysis that explores the r
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Description based upon print version of record
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FC; Halftitle; Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations and Photographs; Note on Translations, Illustrations and Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Encountering Xerxes; 1 Staging Xerxes: Aeschylus and Beyond; 2 Historiographical Enquiry: The Herodotean Xerxes-Narrative; 3 Xerxes in his Own Write? The Persian Perspective; 4 Pride, Panhellenism and Propaganda: Xerxes in the Fourth Century bc; 5 The King at Court: Alternative (Hi)Stories of Xerxes; 6 The Past as a Paradigm: Xerxes in a World Ruled by Rome
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Epilogue: Re-imagining XerxesBibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472511379
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472514271
Additional Edition:
Print version Imagining Xerxes : Ancient Perspectives on a Persian King
Language:
English
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