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SARDANAPALUS, or SARDANAPALLUS

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 209 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SAC-SAR
SARDANAPALUS, or SARDANAPALLUS , according to Greek fable, the last king of Assyria, the thirtieth in succession from Ninyas. The name is derived from that of Assur-danin-pal, the
rebel
  son of Shalmaneser II., whose reign ended with the fall of Nineveh in 823 B.C. (or perhaps from that of Assur-dan III., the last king but one of the older Assyrian dynasty) ; his
character
  is that ascribed to Assur-bani-pal. He was the most effeminate and corrupt of a line of effeminate princes; hence
Arbaces
 , satrap of Media, rebelled and, with the help of Belesys, the Babylonian priest, besieged Nineveh. Sardanapalus now threw off his sloth and for two years the issue was doubtful. Then, the
Tigris
  having undermined
part
  of the city
wall
 , he collected his wives and treasures and burned them with himself in his palace (88o B.C.). His fate is an echo of that of Samassum-yukin, the brother of Assur-bani-pal (q.v.).
See J. Gilmore, Fragments of the Persika of Ktesias (1888).
(A. H. S.)


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