| Cyrus the Great: Life and Lore Contributor(s): Shayegan, M. Rahim (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0674987381 ISBN-13: 9780674987388 Publisher: Ilex Foundation OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Iran - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Religion | Zoroastrianism |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2018058557 |
| Series: Ilex |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The edited volume Cyrus the Great: Life and Lore re-contextualizes Cyrus's foundational act and epoch in light of recent scholarship, while examining his later reception in antiquity and beyond. Among the many themes addressed in the volume are: the complex dossier of Elamo-Persian acculturation; the Mesopotamian antecedents of Cyrus's edict and religious policy; Cyrus's Baupolitik at Pasargadae, and the idiosyncratic genesis of Persian imperial art; the Babylonian exile, the Bible, and the First Return; Cyrus's exalted but conflicted image in the later Greco-Roman world; his reception and programmatic function in genealogical constructs of the Hellenistic and Arsacid periods; and finally Cyrus's conspicuous and enigmatic evanescence in the Sasanian and Muslim traditions. The sum of these wide-ranging contributions assembled in one volume, as well as a new critical edition and English translation of the Cyrus Cylinder, allow for a more adequate evaluation of Cyrus's impact on his own age, as well as his imprint on posterity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shayegan, M. Rahim: - M. Rahim Shayegan is Eleanor and Jahangir Amuzegar Professor of Iranian and Director of the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World at the University of California, Los Angeles. |