Sardanapalus
Britishnoun
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His opening salvo was 1978’s The Destroyed Room, an image of a woman’s trashed bedroom that referenced Romantic-era painter Eugène Delacroix’s The Death of Sardanapalus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2015
On the marbles of Nineveh is represented the pectoral worn by Sardanapalus.
From Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference by Holt, Rosa Belle
He is also thought to be the father of Sardanapalus, the last king of the Assyrians, called, according to the custom of the eastern nations, Sardanpul, that is to say, Sardan, the son of Pul.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles
Cyrus remembered how Arbaces had previously overthrown Sardanapalus, and obtained his dominion, and yet the Medes, by whom he was supported, were not stronger than the Persians.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
In the saloon is the "Caractacus" of Foley, and the "Sardanapalus" of Mr. Weekes.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
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