Imagining Xerxes : ancient perspectives on a Persian king / Emma Bridges.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bridges, Emma (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London, England ; New York, New York : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Series:	Bloomsbury studies in classical reception.
Subjects:	Xerxes > I, > King of Persia, > 519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C. Xerxes > I. > Iran, König > v519-v465 500-449 B.C. Historiography Kings and rulers Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East. History & Archaeology. Middle East. Greece > History > Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C. > Historiography. Iran > Kings and rulers > Biography. Greece Iran Biographies History
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Table of Contents:

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.
Epilogue: Re-imagining XerxesBibliography; Index.

Imagining Xerxes : ancient perspectives on a Persian king / Emma Bridges.

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