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Eugène Delacroix. Death of Sardanapalus. Oil on canvas. 12 ft 1 in x 16 ft 3 in. Louvre.

Sardanapalus (; sometimes spelled Sardanapallus) was, according to the Greek writer Ctesias of Cnidus, the last king of Assyria. Ctesias' Persica is lost, but we know of its contents by later compilations and from the work of Diodorus (II.27). In this account Sardanapalus, supposed to have lived in the 7th Century BC, is portrayed as a decadent figure who spends his life in self-indulgence and dies in an orgy of destruction.

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• Related: Dionysus Sardanapalus, Sardis

The text of the Diodorus passage The text of the Diodorus passage books.google.com/.../books?id=agd-eLVNRMMC&printsec=titlepage#PPA119,M1 - Web

Text of Byron's Sardanapalus Text of Byron's Sardanapalus engphil.astate.edu/gallery/sardan.html - Web

Another text of the play Another text of the play books.google.com/.../books?id=UKcDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA3&dq=Sardanapalus#PPA1,M1 - Web

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