{"product_id":"cyrus-the-great-m-rahim-shayegan-9780674987388","title":"Cyrus the Great: Life and Lore","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe edited volume \u003ci\u003eCyrus the Great: Life and Lore\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eBaupolitik\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. Rahim Shayegan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674987381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674987388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ilex Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"M. Rahim Shayegan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925572681983,"sku":"9780674987388","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2a2e538b-c524-40f1-a95d-8a517b463078.jpg?v=1681078069","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cyrus-the-great-m-rahim-shayegan-9780674987388","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}