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See also:SARDANAPALUS, or SARDANAPALLUS , according to See also:Greek See also:fable, the last See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Assyria, the thirtieth in See also:succession from Ninyas. The name is derived from that of See also:Assur-danin-See also:pal, the See also:rebel son of See also:Shalmaneser II., whose reign ended with the fall of See also:Nineveh in 823 B.C. (or perhaps from that of Assur-See also:dan III., the last king but one of the older See also:Assyrian See also:dynasty) ; his See also:character is that ascribed to Assur-bani-pal. He was the most effeminate and corrupt of a See also:line of effeminate princes; hence See also:Arbaces, See also:- SATRAP [Pers. Khshatrapavan, i.e." protector (superintendent) of the country (or district)," Heb. sakhshadrapan, Gr. taerpan-ris (insc. of Miletus, Sitzungsber. Berl. Ak. 1900, 112), E% u3pa7eixav (insc. of Mylasa, Dittenberger, Sylloge, 95), ital. p6. rr
satrap of See also:Media, rebelled and, with the help of Belesys, the Babylonian See also:priest, besieged Nineveh. Sardanapalus now threw off his See also:sloth and for two years the issue was doubtful. Then, the See also:Tigris having undermined See also:part of the See also:city See also:wall, he collected his wives and treasures and burned them with himself in his See also:palace (88o B.C.). His See also:fate is an See also:echo of that of Samassum-yukin, the See also:brother of Assur-bani-pal (q.v.).
See J. See also:Gilmore, Fragments of the Persika of Ktesias (1888).
(A. H.
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