Publication: Deyoces el Medo, Espejo de Príncipes en Heródoto
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Sánchez-Mañas, Carmen
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Universidade de Coimbra
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https://doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-2601-7
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©2024. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Humanitas Supplementum. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-2601-7
Abstract
We conduct a case study focusing on Deioces, a probably legendary Median man, whom Herodotus presents as the first ruler of the independent kingdom of Media in Book I.
We consider that his figure deserves to be analysed in depth because his dubious
historicity, together with his significant affinities with later Iranian kings of very different
character, namely Cyrus II, Smerdis the Magus and Darius I of Persia, suggests that
Deioces’ profile may have been modelled in the image and likeness of these three
monarchs. We also believe that our study may contribute to shed light on the profiles of
oriental rulers in the Histories as a whole.
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Humanitas Supplementum
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