Sunday 12 September 2021

The Persians are coming: Darius the Great - posted by Dirk Heinsius, 7 September 2021

The Persians are coming.........
Working on the cavalry now, and only two more orders needed from Victrix 🙂
I've spent part of lockdown documenting my work so far, so to start we have Darius (Dirkses) the Great.

"Darius the great king, king of kings, king of countries, son of Hystaspes, an Achaemenid. King Darius says: This is the kingdom which I hold, from the Sacae who are beyond Sogdia to Kush, and from Sind to Lydia – this is what Ahuramazda, the greatest of gods, bestowed upon me. May Ahuramazda protect me and my royal house!" 

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  • Peter Dunn
    I met a traveller from an antique land,
    Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
    Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
    Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
    And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
    Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
    Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
    The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
    And on the pedestal, these words appear:
    My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
    Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
    Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
    Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
    The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
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  • Vincent Cholewa
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    Oh Lord of Totara Park and Surrounding Suburbs, nice work 👍
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    Hail 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁
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    Beware the wrath of Tiamitsubishi
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