Sardanapalus

Sardanapalus (os) was according to Ctesias of Cnidus, the last king of the Assyrian empire.

Historical classification

He is with the historical persons Assurbanipal or Šamaš - šuma - ukin, king of Babylon, who committed suicide in the burning ruins of his palace equated.

He founded allegedly Anchiale, a city in Cilicia. Alexander the Great saw here supposed to be a statue of the king, together with an inscription that said: " Anchiale and Tarsus was Sardanapalus justified in a day; But thou, stranger, eat, drink, love; what else man, speech is not worth it. "

Aftereffect

Aristotle mentioned Sardanapalus, when he writes about the most important forms of life, in the context of the lifestyle of the majority:

"The crowd is proving to be quite slavishly, by giving the life of love cattle preference; she has the right but introduced a certain justification, as well as many powerful share the preferences of Sardanapalus. "