This is the depiction on an artifact called the Zvenigorodsky Seal of King Artaxerxes I defeating an enemy. Artaxerxes ruled the Achaemenid Empire from 465 to 424 B.C. (Courtesy Photo) Known as “The ...
Writing to her sister Cassandra, Jane Austen – someone whose wisdom I hold in the highest regard – expected a performance of Arne’s Artaxerxes to be “very tiresome”. Being invincibly prejudiced ...