Cyrus the Great: A Biography of Kingship

ISBN-13: 9781138024106 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 256 str.

Lynette Mitchell

Opis

This book offers an analysis of the many stories celebrating the life and deeds of Cyrus the Great over millennia and what they reveal about Cyrus and contemporary societies who wrote about him. Suitable for students and scholars working on the Achaemenids, ancient kingship, and the history and literature of the ancient Near East.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Cyrus: A Near Eastern King; 3. Cyrus’ Birth Stories; 4. Cyrus and the Medes; 5. Cyrus as Cosmic Warrior; 6. Cyrus: An Exemplary Death; 7. Conclusion; Appendix A: Translation of the Cyrus Cylinder (Irving Finkle).

O autorze

Lynette Mitchell is Professor of Greek History and Politics at the University of Exeter, UK. She is the author of The Heroic Rulers of Archaic and Classical Greece, and edited with Charles Melville Every Inch a King: Comparative Studies on Kingship in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds.