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12 Assyrian Identity
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
Keywords
epigrams
Sardanapalus
Period
1st century CE
Roman Empire
Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars
Text
Strabo 14.5.9: Sardanapalus the son of Anakyndaraxes built Anchiale and Tarsus in one day. Eat, drink, be merry because all things else are not worth this [= a snap of the fingers].
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.