Sardanapalus

/ ˌsɑːdəˈnæpələs /

noun

He gained the Prix de Rome by his cantata of "Sardanapalus."

At length we come to Pull, supposed to be the father of Sardanapalus; in whose reign Jonah is believed to have lived.

The character of Sardanapalus has been treated more gently by a modern poet.

Archbishop Usher and others fancy that Sardanapalus was the son of Pul; guided merely by the sound of a syllable.

Tiglath-Pileser, some fancy to be the same person as Sardanapalus; others to be the very rebel who overthrew Sardanapalus.

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