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Cyrus the Great

Epic and Legendary Leaders

Herausgeber: Jackson, J. K.

Beschreibung

Cyrus the Great created the first Persian Empire in the 500s BCE. He conquered all major civilizations in his region and his influence reached from the Balkans in the West to the Indus river in the East. Latest title in the new series created for the modern reader to introduce the heroes, cultures, myths and religions of former times.

Autor

Ian Macgregor Morris (Editing and Introduction) is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Salzburg, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for the Near East at the University of Leiden. He has published extensively on Achaemenid Persia, Sparta, early modern political culture and the classical tradition. He is currently working on a study of the Persian king Xerxes, and is editing Brill’s Companion to the Spartan Tradition; and recently served as consultant and primary contributor on Finding Sparta's 300 (Unearthed, Season 5, Ep. 06: Discovery Science Channel). Jackson is General Editor of The World's Greatest Myths and Legends series, with titles including 'Myths of Babylon', 'Indian Myth', 'Egyptian Myth', 'Norse Myth' and 'Polynesian Island Myth'. He is editor of 'Myths and Legends' and foreword writer for 'Celtic Myths and Tales'. Other related work includes articles on the Philosophy of Time, 'Macbeth, A Gothic Chaos' and William Blake's use of mythology in his visionary literature.

Produktdetails

• The World's Greatest Myths and Legends
• Verlag: Flame Tree Publishing
• New ed
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 128mm x 197mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 180g
• ISBN-13: 9781839649950
• ISBN-10: 183964995X
• Artikelnr.: 62853045