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The Persian king on a ‘Syrian’ chariot (1)

Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Chariotry 09 Army and warfare 09.02 Standing army 09.02.06 Chariotry Royal hunt 03 Religious festivals, cults, rituals and practices 03.01 Public festivals 03.01.07 Royal hunt	Keywords chariots kings Persia
Period 5th century BCE Achaemenid Empire Greek Classical Age	Channel Greek poets

Text
Aeschylus, Persians 84:
[The Persian king] speeds on in his Syrian chariot.

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Aeschylus, Persians 84

Bibliography

Dalley and Reyes 1998, 108-109	Dalley, S. and A. T. Reyes. “Mesopotamian Contact and Influence in the Greek World.” In: S. Dalley (ed.). The Legacy of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998, 85-124.
Hall 1996, 43	Hall, Edith. Aeschylus, Persians. Edited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary. Warminster: Aris & Phillips Ltd 1996.

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