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PRONUNCIATION OF SARDANAPALUS

Sardanapalus  [ˌsɑːdəˈnæpələs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SARDANAPALUS

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Sardanapalus is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SARDANAPALUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sardanapalus

Sardanapalus

Sardanapalus was, according to the Greek writer Ctesias of Cnidus, the last king of Assyria, although in actuality Ashur-uballit II holds that distinction. Ctesias' Persica is lost, but we know of its contents by later compilations and from the work of Diodorus. In this account Sardanapalus, supposed to have lived in the 7th century BC, is portrayed as a decadent figure who spends his life in self-indulgence and dies in an orgy of destruction. His legendary decadence later became a theme in literature and art, especially in the Romantic era. The name is probably a corruption of Ashurbanipal, the last great Assyrian emperor-king of the Assyrian Empire, but Sardanapalus as described by Diodorus bears little relationship with what is known of that king, who in fact was a militarily powerful, highly efficient and scholarly ruler, presiding over the largest empire the world had yet seen. Ashurbanipal died of natural causes in 627 BC. Greek legend holds that Sardanapalus was the son of Anakyndaraxes, however it is known that Ashurbanipal was the son of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SARDANAPALUS


acarpellous
eɪˈkɑːpələs
acarpelous
eɪˈkɑːpələs
anomalous
əˈnɒmələs
antisepalous
ˌæntɪˈsepələs
asepalous
æˈsɛpələs
colorless
ˈkʌlələs
disepalous
daɪˈsɛpələs
episepalous
ˌɛpɪˈsɛpələs
fearless
ˈfɪələs
gamosepalous
ˌɡæməʊˈsɛpələs
marvellous
ˈmɑːvələs
monosepalous
ˌmɒnəʊˈsɛpələs
Nicholas
ˈnɪkələs
obstropalous
əbˈstrɒpələs
octosepalous
ˌɒktəˈsɛpələs
Papadopoulos
ˌpæpəˈdɒpələs
polysepalous
ˌpɒlɪˈsɛpələs
scandalous
ˈskændələs
sepalled
ˈsepələs
synsepalous
sɪnˈsɛpələs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SARDANAPALUS

Sardegna
sardel
sardelle
Sardes
sardine
Sardinia
Sardinian
Sardis
sardius
sardonian
sardonic
sardonical
sardonically
sardonicism
sardonyx
Sardou
saree
SARFU

WORDS THAT END LIKE SARDANAPALUS

astragalus
Bucephalus
Daedalus
Elagabalus
Heliogabalus
leptocephalus
logodaedalus
malus
Pharsalus
scaphocephalus
talus
tantalus

Synonyms and antonyms of Sardanapalus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Sardanapalus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SARDANAPALUS

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Translator English - Chinese

Sardanapalus
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Sardanápalo
570 millions of speakers

English

Sardanapalus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Sardanapalus
380 millions of speakers
ar

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Sardanapalus
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Сарданапал
278 millions of speakers

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Sardanapalus
270 millions of speakers

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Sardanapalus
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Sardanapale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sardanapalus
190 millions of speakers

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Sardanapalus
180 millions of speakers

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Sardanapalus
130 millions of speakers

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Sardanapalus
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sardanapalus
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Sardanapalus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Sardanapalus
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सारडानापलस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sardanapalus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Sardanapalo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Sardanapalus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Сарданапал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Sardanapalus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Σαρδανάπαλο
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Sardanapalus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Sardanapalus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Sardanapalus
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SARDANAPALUS»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SARDANAPALUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Sardanapalus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SARDANAPALUS»

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Sardanapalus: A Tragedy
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
George Gordon Byron Byron, Baron, Lord George Gordon Byron, 2008
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Sardanapalus
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS.
George Gordon Lord Byron, 2013
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Lord Byron's Historical Tragedy of Sardanapalus, Arranged ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
George Gordon N Byron (6th Baron ), 2012
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The death of Sardanapalus: and other poems of the Iraq wars
It is a work of rare force, truth, and beauty that belongs in every public library, every school room, every university class, and in the collections of freedom-loving people in every nation.
David Ray, 2004
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Double Vision: Perspectives on Gender and the Visual Arts
HE FRENCH ROMANTIC ARTIST EUGENE DELACROIX (1798-1863) IS BEST KNOWN TODAY FOR HIS large oil paintings, The Massacres of Chios (1824), The Death of Sardanapalus (1827) (figure 1.1), and Liberty Leading the People ...
Natalie Harris Bluestone, 1995
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Liberty and Poetic Licence: New Essays on Byron
If the freedom of imaginative play that we associate with Romanticism exists within the text of Sardanapalus, then where is it to be found? The question, I think , has dominated criticism of the Tragedy for many years without any satisfactory ...
Bernard G. Beatty, Tony Howe (Ph. D.), Charles E. Robinson, 2008
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The Fallacy of Assignable Gender
I refer to her as female, not because I arrogantly “know” Sardanapalus had a feminine gender identity but because she repeatedly indicated that she did. A murderer herself, Sardanapalus was murdered at the age of eighteen circa AD 220 ...
Brenda Bradford, 2007
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Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life
This you will one day see (if 1 finish it), as I have made Sardanapalus brave ( though voluptuous, as history represents him), and also as amiable as my poor powers could render him : — so that it could neither be truth uor satire 00 any living ...
George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, 1830
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Sardanapalus: A Tragedy...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
‎2012
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The Works of Lord Byron
Sardanapalus " The king, and son of Anacyndaraxes, " In one day built Anchialus and Tarsus* ** Eat, drink, and love ; the rest not worth a fillip." €t For this expedition he took only a small chosen body of the phalanx, but all his light troops.
George Gordon Byron Byron (Barón), John Murray ((Londres)), 1828

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SARDANAPALUS»

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Peter Saul mines taboos, vulgarity in antic works
... which has veered between brightly colored remakes of canonical works by Eugene Delacroix (“The Death of Sardanapalus”), Beckmann, and de Kooning and ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
2
How the impressionists found a new way of capturing the …
You wouldn't find a chair in Delacroix's Death of Sardanapalus (1827). Aesthetically, that is where Durand-Ruel began his career – the usual spectacular, ... «New Statesman, Mar 15»
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The strange survival of Dominique Strauss-Kahn
The ancient Assyrian king was known for luxury, sloth and decadence. Physical gratification was the only purpose of life, Sardanapalus wrote in his own epitaph. «Irish Times, Feb 15»
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Justement oublié
Sardanapalus est son seul opéra conservé (grâce à une copie retrouvée à Ansbach), le reste de son œuvre scénique semble définitivement perdu. «Forum Opéra, Jan 15»
5
Virtue Triumphs Over Death
The exhibition catalogue plausibly suggests that the two figures in the right foreground represent Aristotle—who mentions Sardanapalus in the Nichomachean ... «Washington Free Beacon, Dec 14»
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When Delacroix got behind dandyism
By 1827, when Delacroix painted “The Death of Sardanapalus,” a scene of heaving, orgiastic violence, coolly unleashed by an Assyrian king with nothing left to ... «Boston Globe, Dec 14»
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'The Mummy' details emerge for 2016 reboot
Roman historian Justinus identified him as Sardanapalus. According to Aint It Cool News, Universal's very recent release of Dracula Untold was set up to either ... «The Global Dispatch, Oct 14»
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Art's take on the history of sadism
From his place on top of an enormous pyre, Sardanapalus orders his slaves and palace officers to cut the throats of his women, pageboys and favourite horses ... «iAfrica.com, Oct 14»
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Marquis de Sade's sexual violence explored in Paris exhibition
From his place on top of an enormous pyre, Sardanapalus orders his slaves and palace officers to cut the throats of his women, pageboys and favorite horses ... «The Japan Times, Oct 14»
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Paris' Musee d'Orsay explores the legacy of Marquis de Sade in …
From his place on top of an enormous pyre, Sardanapalus orders his slaves and palace officers to cut the throats of his women, pageboys and favorite horses ... «China Post, Oct 14»

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