Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran - From Gaumata to Wahnam - Paperback - 2012

One of the Ancient Near Easts 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 Bisotuns narrative influenced the Iranian epic, epigraphic, and historiographical traditions into the Sasanian and early Islamic periods.
Year of publication: 2012
Pagination: 244 pages, 5 line illustrations 8 black and white photos, 9 tables
Format: Paperback
Serie: Hellenic Studies Series