Xšaya-rša (Khshayarshan) to the Persians, Ahasuerus to the Jews, Xerxes to the Greeks. So great was his power, that he was hailed by the Persians as ‘King of Kings’, and by the Greeks as “The Great Ki
Images of ancient Sparta are irrepressible in Western thought. A model of excellence in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, in the Enlightenment and French Revolution Sparta was invoked by radical thinke
