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Published on January 5, 2012

In search of Xerxes: images of the Persian king

written by Jan van der Crabben

In search of Xerxes: images of the Persian king

Clough, Emma Elizabeth

Doctoral thesis, Durham University (2004)

Abstract

The figure of Xerxes, the Persian king who invaded Greece in 480 BC, is known to us primarily through Greek sources… [continue reading]

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