Classical Studies 3906F Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Quintus Curtius Rufus, Diodorus Siculus, Artaxerxes Ii Of Persia

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 3906F
• Professor: Alexander Meyer

Document Summary

Darius: ruled at the height of the achaemenid empire (persian empire, 2 million square miles at its height. Useful names: shalaneser iii (858-824 bce, shutruk-nahhunte ii (717-699, ashurbanipal (668-627 bce, nabuchodnosor (605-562 bce, cyrus the great (559 530 bc, nabonidus (556-539 bce) Greek and latin sources - archaelology: they wanted something to put in their museum, there was very little interest in daily life, they were interested in kings and grand architecture. Important places for excavation: pasargadee, persopolis, the persian material typically took second place to babylonian stuff. C. 200ce): on the nature of animals and varia historia: aeschlus (525-455 bce): tragedies, esp. Persica in 23 books: over-emphasizes the sensational, diodorus siculus (1st cbc): roman from sicily; 15 books of universal history (bibliotheka) in greek. Persians, but this was when the (cid:494)greek(cid:495) title was crystalized and promoted in order to remain unified.