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The name Sardanapalus is probably a corruption of Ashurbanipal [1] (Aššur-bāni-apli > Sar-dan-ápalos), an Assyrian emperor, but Sardanapalus as described by Diodorus bears little relationship with what is known of that king, who in fact was a militarily powerful, highly efficient and scholarly ruler, presiding over the largest empire the ...
Sardanapalo or Sardanapale (Italian or French for Sardanapalus), S.687, is an unfinished opera by Franz Liszt based on the 1821 verse play Sardanapalus by Lord Byron. Liszt was ambitious for his project, and planned to dovetail his retirement as a virtuoso with the premiere of his opera.
The Death of Sardanapalus (La Mort de Sardanapale) is an 1827 oil painting on canvas by the French artist Eugène Delacroix, now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. [1] A smaller replica he made in 1844 is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art . [ 2 ]
Articles relating to the legendary king Sardanapalus of Assyria and his depictions. He was portrayed as practicing cross-dressing, having both male and female concubines, and choosing suicide by self-immolation over captivity in the hands of his enemies.
The main heroes are Sardanapalus, King of Nineveh and of all the Assyrian Empire; Arbaces, the prince of Medes; and a Babylonian priest, Belesis. Sardanapalus is portrayed as a womanizer, coward, and cruel tyrant. When defeated by Arbaces he burns his own palace with all his concubines inside and dies in the fire. All Nineveh is destroyed.
Paroyr Skayordi (or i Skayordwoyn Paroyr 'Paroyr, son of Skayordi') [8] is mentioned in the history of Movses Khorenatsi as a descendant of the Armenian patriarch Hayk who helped the Median king "Varbakes" [a] defeat the Assyrian king "Sardanapalus" (a corruption of Ashurbanipal in classical sources, a composite figure of the last Assyrian kings) [10] and received the crown of Armenia in return.
Sardanapalus (1821) is a historical tragedy in blank verse by Lord Byron, set in ancient Nineveh and recounting the fall of the Assyrian monarchy and its supposed last king. It draws its story mainly from the Historical Library of Diodorus Siculus and from William Mitford 's History of Greece .
The Death of Sardanapalus by Delacroix. The photograph, like others of the artist, was inspired by a classical work of art, the painting The Death of Sardanapalus (1827) by French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix. Unlike the original work, there is no direct human presence, violence, cruelty or sexuality, despite the fact that it all can be ...