
The Magus in Hell This paper looks at Lucian’s satirical dialogue, Menippus, which prominently features a man called Mithrobarzanes, ‘one of the Magi, Zoroaster’s disciples and successors.’ With the help…
Read MoreThe Magus in Hell This paper looks at Lucian’s satirical dialogue, Menippus, which prominently features a man called Mithrobarzanes, ‘one of the Magi, Zoroaster’s disciples and successors.’ With the help…
Read MoreThe Making of the Chaldeans This paper investigates the emergence of the Chaldeans in the Achaemenid Empire. I start from the Persian conquest of Babylon under Cyrus, the uprisings under…
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