Persians Quotes

“Had he not been caught between the two giants of Persian history, Cyrus the Great and Darius the Great, Cambyses might now be better remembered for playing a significant part in Persia’s history.”
― Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

“Persepolis,”
― Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: The Age of The Great Kings

“Truth in war is an illusion, a deception made to bolster one side and denigrate the other.”
― Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

“A king waited to see which of his sons showed the most potential for rulership, or displayed characteristics which he himself recognised as desirable.”
― Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

“But it must be conceded that as Persia grew in power and status, it exponentially required and desired slaves to make the imperial system work.”
― Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

“His empire was founded on bloodshed, as all empires invariably are.”
― Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

“In 538 bce he decreed that the temple in Jerusalem should be rebuilt at his own expense and that the treasures plundered from the sacred sanctuary by Nebuchadnezzar should be returned to the house of God. The captive Jews (like all other foreign deportees) were free to go home.”
― Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

“Persians, Babylonians, and Assyrians comprehended their past in terms of their myths, especially creation stories, and the grand tales of gods, heroes, and kings.”
― Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

“If we regard ourselves today as free-thinking people, it is the Greeks who created the condition for this.”
― Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

“Westerners saw themselves as the direct heirs of the miracle of Greek civilisation.”
― Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: The Age of the Great Kings

“It was the Great Kings of Persia who freed the Jews from their Babylonian exile and allowed them to return home to build a new (second) temple in Jerusalem on the site of King Solomon’s original place of worship.”
― Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Persians: The Age of the Great Kings