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Mythological
Capital
Well,
Persepolis was the ceremonial
capital of the greatest empire
of the ancient world, the Achaemenians
standing on a limestone terrace
overlooking the Marvdasht Plain
some 55 km away from Shiraz.
Bulls, lions and the human-headed
winged bulls are some of the
motifs representing the Achaemenian
Might and Power.
The
Tachara Palace - Palace of Darius
The Tachara (meaning winter
palace) of Darius -which is
so called in the trilingual
inscription on its southern
door jambs-is on a platform
about 2m higher than the Apadana
immediately to its north. However,
this was not a Royal residence,
being used only for official
functions. Later Xerxes found
it too small and so had it reconstructed.
The
Audience Scene Hall of Hundred
Columns
The great audience scene is
repeated four times inside the
tow doors on front of the hall
of a Hundred Columns. This scene,
on the northern doorway of the
hall, is dissected into six
framed registers. The five lower
registers show the files of
the immortal guards. In the
highest register, the King is
simply sitting on the chair
under the daise, a pair of incense-burners
in front. The man in the audience
is a Mede, standing before the
king, bowing.
The
King Fighting
the Lion - Tachara
Palace
Stone
relief located on the entrance
walls to Tachara Palace showing
an Achaemenede King fighting
the mythological lion.
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