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Ashurbanipal

400 words, approx. 2 pages

Ashurbanipal (died ca. 630 BC) was the last great king of the Assyrian Empire. He was an able soldier and administrator, a scholar, and a patron of art and learning.The events of the reign of Ashurban... Read more

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Critical Essay by Charles J. Clancy

5,960 words, approx. 20 pages

In the following essay, Clancy considers the relationship between death and love in Sardanapalus. Sardanapalus1 has been compared to the tragedies of Seneca by Kahn,2 and to the heroic tragedies of... Read more

Critical Essay by Richard Lansdown

9,627 words, approx. 33 pages

In the following essay, Lansdown investigates elements of fantasy as well as autobiography in Sardanapalus. Our sense of the individuality of the artist is inseparable from our sense of the human c... Read more