Das vielschichtige Verhältnis Herodots zur Welt des persischen Alten Orients bildet die thematische Leitlinie dieses Bandes: Er versteht sich als eine "interdisziplinäre Stellenkommentierung" und zielt darauf ab, zu neuen Blickwinkeln und Deutungen anzuregen. Altorientalische El…
The aim of this conference is to trace the origins of the concept of "Persia" in post-Achaemenid antiquity. It was in the Hellenistic and early Roman Near East that the idea of Persia fully developed. From the second century BCE, a varied cultural style developed that can best b…
"The Roman poet and satirist Persius (34-62 CE) was unique among his peers for lampooning literary and social conventions from a distinctly Stoic point of view. A curious amalgam of mocking wit and philosophy, his Satires are rife with violent metaphors and unpleasant imagery an…
The Iranian Constitutional Revolution was the twentieth century's first such political movement in the Middle East. It represented a landmark in Iranian history because of the unlikely support it received from Shi'ite clerics who historically viewed Western concepts with suspici…
