Palace Of Darius The Great Discovered In Bolaghi Gorge

CHN ^ | 5-15-2006

[humblegunner]

Darius, Alexander's Dad?

"My son, ask for thyself another kingdom. That which I leave is too small for thee."

No, I didn't see the gay movie, I learned it from an Iron Maden tune.

[ahayes]

Plundering of archeological sites by the smugglers has become a common issue in archeology. However, according to Ataee, archeologists believe that illegal diggers cannot be held responsible for destroying of this palace by bulldozers, and it was a deliberate act by an unknown person or group of people who intended to devastate this place for a reason that is not clear for archeologists.

That's sad.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Is this the Darius of Daniel whose existence has been questioned by some?

[blam]

GGG Ping.

7,000-Year-Old 'Sleeping Beauty' In Bolaghi Gorge Discovered

[humblegunner]

I learned it from an Iron Maden tune.

That would be "Maiden" there, Einstein.

[RikaStrom]

However, according to Ataee, archeologists believe that illegal diggers cannot be held responsible for destroying of this palace by bulldozers, and it was a deliberate act by an unknown person or group of people who intended to devastate this place for a reason that is not clear for archeologists.

Remember the giant Buddhas? So much ancient history is lost thanks to some very intolerant people.

[VOA]

...illegal diggers cannot be held responsible for destroying of this
palace by bulldozers, and it was a deliberate act by an unknown person
or group of people who intended to devastate this place for a
reason that is not clear for archeologists.

While I'm probably wrong...
If the investigators knocked on my door, I'd say "have you noticed how
how 'not built by Muslims' sometimes shortens the life of major
buildings and statues?".

[humblegunner]

Darius, Alexander's Dad?

Faulty old age memory!

Darius was defeated by Alexander, the son of Phillip of Macedon.

[Moose4]

Alexander's father was Philip of Macedonia, if I remember correctly. Darius the Mede was king of Persia and Media, and I believe he was the one that began allowing the exiled Jews to return to Jerusalem after their capture and deportation by Nebudchadnezzar, or was that Cyrus?

}:-)4

[CollegeRepublican]

I think that was Darius III.

[Verginius Rufus]

It was Cyrus the Great...see 2 Chronicles 36:22-23 = Ezra 1.1-3.

Apparently Darius the Mede is only known from the Book of Daniel. Non-Persians had a tendency to mix up Medes and Persians (at least the Greeks often say "the Medes" when they mean Persians). Hence the old proverb: one man's Mede is another man's Persian.

[humblegunner]

Yeah, I corrected myself in post #9... usually it's
on a weekend evening when I start mixing up my history! ;-)

[scipioII]

Yes this refers to Darius I. Usurper of Persia after the death of Cyrus. Darius was the one who launched the ill fated attack at Marathon and was the father of Xerxes who was stalled at Thermopolae and defeated at Salamis and Macale by the Greeks.

Alexanders conquered a later descendant....either Darius II or III, nor sure.

[Socratic]

Hence the old proverb: one man's Mede is another man's Persian.

LOL, LOL & LOL

[PzLdr]

PhillipII was Alexander's father [ or Zeus was, if you believe Alexander's fruit loop mother]. Darius referred to Alexander as 'my son' to term him a lesser king.

[Verginius Rufus]

Darius III was the opponent of Alexander of Macedon (he is shown in the famous Alexander Mosaic found at Pompeii).

Darius II ruled from 424 to 404 B.C. When schoolboys used to learn Greek, the usual first text read was Xenophon's Anabasis, which begins: "Darius and Parysatis had two sons, of whom Artaxerxes was the elder and Cyrus the younger..." This Cyrus the Younger was Xenophon's hero in the first book of the Anabasis but was killed in the battle of Cunaxa in the fall of 401 fighting his brother.

[RightWhale]

Darius was defeated by Alexander three times. Eventually he was murdered by his own people, which was considered unnecessary, disrespectful, and bad form.

[Verginius Rufus]

There were three major battles between Alexander and the Persians--Granicus, Issus, and Gaugamela (Arbela), but Darius III was only present at the second and third of those.

[nuconvert]

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