The Art of Empire in Achaemenid Persia. Studies in Honour of Margaret Cool Root. Achaemenid History XVI. Extrême-Orient These essays are complemented by

These essays are complemented by interviews with Daniel Abadie and Marcelo Zitelli

and to evoke both the sounds and the different types of music of Antiquity

from the Heroic Times of Greece to the First Centuries of the Christian Era

the work that had initially been planned was rediscovered in 2012

The Art of Empire in Achaemenid Persia. Studies in Honour of Margaret Cool Root. Achaemenid History XVI. Extrême-Orient These essays are complemented byThis volume in honor of Margaret Cool Root gathers seventeen contributions on Achaemenid Persian art, ranging from the European re discovery of Persepolis, via Achaemenid glyphic art, evidence of polychrome sculpture, and Achaemenid impact in the satrapies, to possible reflections of Persepolitan art in Classical Greece. The contributors are colleagues and, in a number of cases, former students of Margaret Root. As a whole, the volume reflects the