Persepolis

Le Carre Hermes > Fall - Winter 2000 / 2001

In our innocence we believe the world to be eternal. But where did all the great civilisations of antiquity end up? What happened to the Persian Empire, with all its warriors and navigators, whom Alexander once dreamed of defeating ? We are left with the theories of historians who tire themselves out by recreating lives from dusty ruins. Poor souls, they see only with the dull eyes of erudition. So, to offer them the spectacle of bubbling reality, here is Darius I, the founder of Persepolis, amongst his royal guard and followed by his faithful retinue.

H Carre Hermes Paris > Spring - Summer 2000

An empire resides between the frontiers of this scarf. And it is  the greatest of antiquity, that of Achaemenes and the satraps of sumptuous renown. It will need the genius of an Alexander to vanquish it, but the conqueror will die before he can unite Persia with Greece. In the meantime, Darius I, the founder of Persepolis, parades in his chariot, formidable with his guards - the Immortals, with his court of the Faithful and win his armies. It would need more than a mere lion to halt the King of the Persians.