Persia
There are 1590 items in Persia:
Plutarch's Artaxerxes II Mnemon
Plutarch of Chaeronea (46-c.122): influential Greek philosopher and author, well known for his biographies and his moral treatises. His biography is here; his Life of Artaxerxes is the only biography not dedicated to a Greek or a Roman, but describes…Pol-e Dokhtar
Pol-e Dokhtar: Sasanian bridge on the river Kashkan, near the place where it empties itself in the Karkheh (ancient Choaspes). The bridge…
Pol-e Dokhtar from the southwest |
Pol-e Dokhtar, Collapsed part |
Pol-e Dokhtar, North bank |
Pol-e Dokhtar, Standing arch |
Pol-e Dokhtar, Standing arch, from the southeast |
Pompeii, House of the Faun, Alexander Mosaic |
Pompeii, House of the Faun, Alexander Mosaic, detail: Darius III |
Pompeii, House of the Faun, Alexander Mosaic, detail: Oxyathres |
Proskynesis
Proskynesis: Greek name of the ritual greeting at the eastern courts. A courtier saluting king Darius the Great (central relief of…
Psargadae, Tomb of Cyrus |