Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran - From Gaumata to Wahnam

One of the Ancient Near East's most important inscriptions is the Bisotun inscription of the Achaemenid king Darius I (6th century BCE), which reports on a suspicious fratricide and coup. Shayegan shows how the Bisotun's narrative influenced the Iranian epic, epigraphic, and historiographical traditions into the Sasanian and early Islamic periods.

About the author

M. Rahim Shayegan is Assistant Professor of Iranian at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Summary

One of the Ancient Near East’s most important inscriptions is the Bisotun inscription of the Achaemenid king Darius I (6th century BCE), which reports on a suspicious fratricide and coup. Shayegan shows how the Bisotun’s narrative influenced the Iranian epic, epigraphic, and historiographical traditions into the Sasanian and early Islamic periods.

Product details

• Authors: M. Rahim Shayegan
• Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.11.2012
• EAN: 9780674065888
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06588-8
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 227 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 342 g
• Illustrations: 5 line illustrations; 8 black and white photos, 9 tables
• Series: Hellenic Studies; Hellenic Studies; Hellenic Studies Series; Hellenic Studies (HUP)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries