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Identifier: cu31924091762140 (find matches)
Title: History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient History, Ancient
Publisher: London : Grolier Society
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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kings. Those nearest to theedge of the platform were the propylsea of Xerxes—giganticentrances whose gateways were guarded on either sideby winged bulls of Assyrian type; beyond these was theapadana, or hall of honour, where the sovereign presidedin state at the ordinary court ceremonies. To the eastof the apadana, and almost in the centre of the raisedterrace, rose the Hall of a Hundred Columns, erectedby Darius, and used only on special occasions. ArtaxerxesI. seems to have had a particular aflfeotion for Susa. Ithad found favour with his predecessors, and they had sofrequently resided there, even after the building ofPersepolis, that it had continued to be regarded as thereal capital of the empire by other nations, whereas thePersian sovereigns themselves had sought to make it IRANIAN ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE 267 rather an impregnable retreat than a luxurious residence.Artaxerxes built there an apadana on a vaster scale thanany hitherto designed. It comprised three colonnades,
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THE PEOPYLiEA OF XEKXES I. AT PEKSEPOLIS. which, taken together, formed a rectangle measuring 300feet by 260 feet on the two sides, the area being approxi-mately that of the courtyard of the Louvre. The central Drawn by Boudier, from the heliogravure of Marcel Dieulafoy. 268 THE LAST DAYS OP THE OLD EASTERN WORLD colonnade, which was the largest of the three, was enclosedby walls on three sides, but was open to the south.Immense festoons of drapery hung from the woodenentablature, and curtains, suspended from rods between thefirst row of columns, afforded protection from the sun and

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