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The Founding Histories and Myths of the Argead Dynasty The Argeads claim to be the descendants of Temenus, a great-great-grandson of Heracles, and King of Argos. The ancient historian Herodotus provides an account of how the Argeads came to rule over Macedon. According to Herodotus, three Temenid brothers, Gauanes, Aeropus, and Perdiccas, were banished from Argos to Illyria. They wandered in the highlands of Macedon, and finally settled down in a town called Lebaea. There, they worked for the king, tending to his livestock. The queen, who prepared the food for the king’s workers, noticed that whenever she baked bread, Perdiccas’ would double in size. She reported this anomaly to her husband, who regarded it as an ominous sign. ....
Apollo Vs Agamemnon: The Plague in Ancient Greece was Divine Wrath February 21, 2021 Smithian Apollo about shooting arrows of plague against Greeks to avenge his priest insulted by Agamemnon. Silver didrachm. Apollo Sminthios from Sminthos, a city in the Hellespont. Credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com, CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia By Evaggelos Vallianatos The case of the plague in ancient Greece may still give us a pose for reflection. The Greeks gave diseases precise names. They called plague loimos (pestilence). They described disease, sorrow, and suffering as nosos, from which we have nosocomial (hospital) disease. The plague made its first appearance among the Greeks as a weapon of divine wrath. ....
Much of the information we have of Harsha, known also as Harshavardhana, comes from the Harshacharita (meaning “Deeds of Harsha”), a biography of the ruler written in Sanskrit by Banabhatta, a poet who lived at the court of Harsha. According to E. B. Cowell and F. W. Thomas, who published an English translation of the Harshacharita in 1897, this work “appears to have been almost forgotten in India.” Although Harsha was a formidable ruler, he seems to have been not significant enough to be remembered. This might not be overly surprising if one considers the situation in India at that point of time. ....
The Ancient Historical Origins Of The Faravahar Symbol Although we may not how the ancient Persians referred to the symbol, we do know that it was an important one for them. This is evident in the fact that the Faravahar appears in a variety of different places. For instance, the symbol is depicted on the famous Behistun Inscription . In this rock relief, the Faravahar is shown hovering above the prisoners of Darius the Great and giving the king its blessing. The Faravahar is also seen in Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenids.
The Behistun Inscription is a relief with accompanying text carved 330 feet (100 meters) up a cliff in Kermanshah Province, Western Iran. It shows the Faravahar at the top and Darius the Great and his prisoners below. (Hara1603 / ....