Sardanapalus
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Sardanapalus is a legendary last king of Assyria, famed in Western art and literature for his decadent luxury and dramatic, self-destructive end.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legendary king
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literary character ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | fall of Nineveh (legendary) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Nineveh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Ashurbanipal
NERFINISHED
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Assyrian royal legends NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| companionsAtDeath |
concubines (legendary)
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eunuchs (legendary) ⓘ treasures (legendary) ⓘ |
| considered | possibly fictionalized version of Ashurbanipal ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek tradition ⓘ |
| deathCause | suicide (legendary) ⓘ |
| deathManner | self-immolation in burning palace (legendary) ⓘ |
| describedAs | last king of Assyria ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Ctesias of Cnidus’s Persica
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ⓘ
Diodorus Siculus’s Bibliotheca historica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eraOfMajorReception | 19th-century Romanticism ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasMotto | “Eat, drink, and love; the rest is nothing” (attributed) ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
effeminacy
ⓘ
extreme luxury ⓘ sexual excess ⓘ |
| historicAuthenticity | disputed ⓘ |
| influencedWork |
Le Mort de Sardanapale (Eugène Delacroix, 1827–1828)
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Sardanapale (opera by Victorin de Joncières, 1867) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sardanapale (unfinished opera by Franz Liszt, 1840s–1850s) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sardanapalus (play by Lord Byron, 1821) ⓘ The Death of Sardanapalus (painting) NERFINISHED ⓘ various 19th-century Romantic paintings ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
Romantic drama
ⓘ
classical historiography ⓘ historical legend ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Aristotle
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Athenaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| notableFor |
decadent luxury
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self-destructive end ⓘ suicidal death in a palace fire ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Assyria ⓘ |
| reception | popular subject in Western art and literature ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
example of moral corruption leading to downfall
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paradigm of oriental luxury ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
decadent tyranny
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decline of empires ⓘ self-indulgent hedonism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Neo-Assyrian period (legendary setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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