King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
11 January 2013
Pages
224
ISBN
9780748641253

King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

The first Persian Empire (559-331 BC) 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. The Great King was no simple platform for meaningless theatrical display; at court, presentation mattered: nobles vied for position and prestige, and the royal family attempted to keep a tight grip on dynastic power - in spite of succession struggles, murders, and usurpation. 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 (as well as other Near Eastern peoples) and through the sometimes distorted prism of Classical and Biblical sources.

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