Channelling His Inner Semiramis : Alexander and His Quest to Overcome the Assyrian Queen

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14232/suc.2023.4.79-109" target="_blank" >10.14232/suc.2023.4.79-109</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Channelling His Inner Semiramis : Alexander and His Quest to Overcome the Assyrian Queen

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Alexander the Great desired to outdo all the great generals in history and one of them was the famed Queen Semiramis. The episodes from their lives were occasionally put in comparison, and both gained legendary status among the ancient rulers. Alexander eventually surpassed Semiramis, but why was she so important to Alexander? The life of Semiramis was for the first time described by Ctesias in his Persica. The problem is that he died several decades before the rule of Alexander. Therefore, he did not record the striking similarities between her life and the episodes from Alexander’s conquest. Ctesias’ original account was adapted by later authors who altered some elements of the story in the wake of Alexander’s expedition. In this article, we will focus on the similarities in the episodes from the lives of two conquerors, how Alexander fared compared to the Assyrian queen, and who was responsible for putting the tales in comparison, whether it was Ctesias, Diodorus, or someone else.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Channelling His Inner Semiramis : Alexander and His Quest to Overcome the Assyrian Queen

Popis výsledku anglicky

Alexander the Great desired to outdo all the great generals in history and one of them was the famed Queen Semiramis. The episodes from their lives were occasionally put in comparison, and both gained legendary status among the ancient rulers. Alexander eventually surpassed Semiramis, but why was she so important to Alexander? The life of Semiramis was for the first time described by Ctesias in his Persica. The problem is that he died several decades before the rule of Alexander. Therefore, he did not record the striking similarities between her life and the episodes from Alexander’s conquest. Ctesias’ original account was adapted by later authors who altered some elements of the story in the wake of Alexander’s expedition. In this article, we will focus on the similarities in the episodes from the lives of two conquerors, how Alexander fared compared to the Assyrian queen, and who was responsible for putting the tales in comparison, whether it was Ctesias, Diodorus, or someone else.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Sapiens ubique civis

ISSN

2732-317X

e-ISSN

2786-2984

Svazek periodika

4

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1. 12. 2023

Stát vydavatele periodika

HU - Maďarsko

Počet stran výsledku

31

Strana od-do

79-109

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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