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Definition of Darius the great

1. Noun. King of Persia who expanded the Persian Empire and invaded Greece but was defeated at the battle of Marathon (550-486 BC).

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Literary usage of Darius the great

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1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"I am Darius, the great King, the King of Kings, the King of Persia, the King of (the dependent) provinces, the son of Hystaspes, the grandson of ..."

2. Princeton Theological Review by Princeton Theological Seminary (1904)
"Darius, the great king, the king of kings, the king of the lands, the son of Hystaspes, the Achaemenid." Inscription of Persepolis, a. 3. ..."

3. A Short History of Ancient Peoples by Robinson Souttar (1904)
"darius the great. THE history of the Persian Empire, which has been generally 521 considered to begin with Cyrus, may more properly be held to begin with ..."

4. The Popular and Critical Bible Encyclopædia and Scriptural Dictionary, Fully by Samuel Fallows, Andrew Constantinides Zenos, Herbert Lockwood Willett (1910)
"... that characterizes an Oriental document allow no scope for real literary merit. “I am Darius, the great King, the King of Kings, the King of Nations, ..."

5. The Journal of Sacred Literature by John Kitto, Henry Burgess, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1856)
"Most of these inscriptions begin in the usual style, " I am Darius, the great king, king of kings." In some of them he styles himself "supporter of this ..."

6. Linguistic and Oriental Essays: Written from the Year 1840-1903 by Robert Needham Cust (1880)
"... has come between us and the great King, and no doubt the words were settled in the council in the form that altereth not " I am Darius, the great King, ..."

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