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Epigram of Sardanapalus (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources 12 Assyrian Identity 12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times 12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources Royal inscriptions 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.11 Historiography 05.11.01 Royal inscriptions	Keywords epigrams Sardanapalus
Period 2nd century BCE Roman Empire	Channel Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

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A stele with the inscription of an Assyrian king was remembered by the Greeks.

Polybius 8.10.3:
… and we all know the principles and the debauched character of that king [Sardanapalus] from the epigram on his tomb: “mine are they yet the meats I ate, my wanton sport above, the joy of love.”

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Polybius 8.10.3

Bibliography

Dalley and Reyes 1998, 95	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.
Paton 1960	Paton, W. R. Polybios, the Histories. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1960.

Amar Annus

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