Author: Schneider, Maridien
Title: SARDANAPAL(L)OS/Sardanal(l)us : gleanings from ancient Assyria in Cicero
Review/Collection: "Acta classica", 43
Place edition: Cape Town - Pretoria
Editor: Classical Association of South Africa - Balkema
Year edition: 2000
Pages: 119-127
Keywords: Histoire - Storia - History, Stylistique et genres littéraires - Stilistica e generi letterari - Stylistics and literary genre
Description: [Schneider, Maridien] [Abstract] Greek writers from the fifth century onward collected a number of stories relating to an Assyrian king known to the Greeks as 'Sardanápal(l)os'. Over time the 'historical Sardanápal(l)os' became so obscured by myth that the very existence of the original character became subjected to doubt. Although the historical origins of 'Sardanápal(l)os' remain obscure, the literary tradition on this enigmatic figure from ancient Assyria thrived in antiquity. This note aims to explore the ramifications of 'the tradition of the Sardanapalli' in the work of Cicero.
Works:
Link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24595086
Author initials: Schneider 2000
Title: SARDANAPAL(L)OS/Sardanal(l)us : gleanings from ancient Assyria in Cicero
Review/Collection: "Acta classica", 43
Place edition: Cape Town - Pretoria
Editor: Classical Association of South Africa - Balkema
Year edition: 2000
Pages: 119-127
Keywords: Histoire - Storia - History, Stylistique et genres littéraires - Stilistica e generi letterari - Stylistics and literary genre
Description: [Schneider, Maridien] [Abstract] Greek writers from the fifth century onward collected a number of stories relating to an Assyrian king known to the Greeks as 'Sardanápal(l)os'. Over time the 'historical Sardanápal(l)os' became so obscured by myth that the very existence of the original character became subjected to doubt. Although the historical origins of 'Sardanápal(l)os' remain obscure, the literary tradition on this enigmatic figure from ancient Assyria thrived in antiquity. This note aims to explore the ramifications of 'the tradition of the Sardanapalli' in the work of Cicero.
Works:
Link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24595086
Author initials: Schneider 2000
