Reza Shaghaghi Zarghamee

Gebundenes Buch

Myth and History in Ancient Persia

The Achaemenids in the Iranian Tradition

Beschreibung

Traces ancient Iranian mythical-legendary traditions within classical sources on Median and Persian royalty.

Autor

Dr Reza Shaghaghi Zarghamee is a Post-doctoral Fellow in Ancient History at the University of St. Andrews, where he received his PhD from the School of Classics in 2022. His area of specialisation is the history of pre-Islamic and, more specifically, Achaemenid Iran. He is the author of Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World (Mage: 2013), a biographical account of Cyrus the Great, and various shorter publications on ancient Iranian history and myth, as well as Greek accounts of ancient Persia. In addition to his work as a historian, Mr. Zarghamee is a practising attorney.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9781399530989
• ISBN-10: 1399530984
• Artikelnr.: 72121954