Книга: Pierre Briant «Darius in the Shadow of Alexander»
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The last of Cyrus the Great's dynastic inheritors and the legendary enemy of Alexander the Great, Darius III ruled over a Persian Empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Indus River. Yet, despite being the most powerful king of his time, Darius remains an obscure figure. As Pierre Briant explains in the first book ever devoted to the historical memory of Darius III, the little that is known of him comes primarily from Greek and Roman sources, which often present him in an unflattering light, as a decadent Oriental who lacked the masculine virtues of his Western adversaries. Influenced by the Alexander Romance as they are, even the medieval Persian sources are not free of harsh prejudices against the king Dara, whom they deemed deficient in the traditional kingly virtues. Ancient Classical accounts construct a man who is in every respect Alexander's opposite - feeble-minded, militarily inept, addicted to pleasure, and vain. When Darius's wife and children are captured... Издательство: "Harvard University Press" (2015) Формат: 165x245, 608 стр.
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Pierre Briant
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Pierre Briant (born
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Works
*"Antigone le Borgne (Les Débuts de sa Carrière et les Problèmes de l'Assemblée Macédonienne)" (1973) - doctoral thesis.
*"Alexandre le Grand" (1974, 2005)
*"Rois, Tributs et Paysans, Études sur les Formations Tributaires du Moyen-Orient Ancien" (1982)
*"Etat et Pasteurs au Moyen-Orient Ancien' in Production Pastorale et Société" (1982)
*"L'Asie Centrale et les Royaumes Proche-orientaux du Premier Millénaire (c. VIIIe-IVe s. av. n. è.)" (1984)
*"Pouvoir central et polycentrisme culturel dans l'Empire achéménide (Quelques réflexions et suggestions)", in "Achaemenid History I: Sources,structures and synthesis" (ed.
*"Institutions perses et histoire comparatiste dans l'historiographie grecque", in "Achaemenid History II: The Greek sources" (eds. H. Sancisi-Weerdenbur &
*"Ethno-classe dominante et populations soumises dans l'Empire achéménide: le cas de l'Égypte", in "Achaemenid History III: Method and Theory" (eds. A. Kuhrt & H. Sancisi-Weerdenburg) (1988)
*"Dans les Pas des Dix-Mille" (ed) (1995)
*"Histoire de l'Empire Perse. De Cyrus à Alexandre" (1996) - in English, "From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire" (2002).
*"Darius dans l'Ombre d'Alexandre" (2003)
References
* [http://www.college-de-france.fr/site/civ_ach/p998993763649.htm Briant's page at the Collège de France]
*http://www.iranheritage.org/achaemenidconference/biogs_full.htm
* [http://www.uchicago.edu/docs/education/record/1-6-00/456/degrees.html Honorary Degree ar the Chicago University]
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* [http://www.achemenet.com/ Achemenet]
* [http://www.museum-achemenet.college-de-france.fr/ Achaemenid museum]
*P.Briant: [http://www.iranica.com/newsite/search/searchpdf.isc?ReqStrPDFPath=/home1/iranica/articles/v5_articles/class_system/in_median_and_achaemenid_periods&OptStrLogFile=/home/iranica/public_html/logs/pdfdownload.html Class system in Median and Achaemenid periods] , in
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