{"id":89769,"date":"2024-09-25T02:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=89769"},"modified":"2024-06-17T20:46:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T00:46:03","slug":"the-life-and-times-of-xerxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/09\/25\/the-life-and-times-of-xerxes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Life and Times of Xerxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AyxmV0nah7Q?si=wpwdQ1jq9lmK76Sc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>seangabb<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Jun 10, 2024<\/p>\n<p>An occasional lecture for our Classics Week, this was given to provide historical background for a lecture from the Music Department on Handel&#8217;s opera &#8220;Serse&#8221; (1738).<\/p>\n<p>Books by Sean Gabb: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmw3eERjNmc0XzVLS3Rma0ViUkFOX2JPQnc3d3xBQ3Jtc0tuUFdBT3F4c3RpTW9qYUpWcGUwN2VZU2g5WllRUmQ5VFhqeXYxLTZ2UWM2OWptTmt0Y2oxT1FIMjY5VlBGZlRQT0k2U1BhN2tsSk5NU0tQU0pIaVh0RU84N3RUdTlZT0FPMlpjNGtkYUtfQ3d0blhzQQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fkindle-dbs%2Fentity%2Fauthor%2FB0034Q418E%3F_encoding%3DUTF8%26node%3D266239%26offset%3D0%26pageSize%3D12%26searchAlias%3Dstripbooks%26sort%3Dauthor-sidecar-rank%26page%3D1%26langFilter%3Ddefault%23formatSelectorHeader&#038;v=AyxmV0nah7Q\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/kindle-dbs\/e&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His historical novels (under the pen name &#8220;Richard Blake&#8221;): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUtFQ2lEd2FPdG1zTnBESjFObk0wYWJ5cFlfUXxBQ3Jtc0tuM012azduU0VOZlB1VVUybTl4SDZpZEZhUmg5TXI5MkhRU1lBNjd3MGlvUFpLVUQ4eU5LczRBeFFaN3N5QXhXb0EwLUhFc1RKclA1ZElCYmZmQVpCZEVraGZvdXJKUjlVVDhNaTNYYTN1S0dVbVhTRQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FRichard-Blake%2Fe%2FB005I2B5PO&#038;v=AyxmV0nah7Q\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Richard-Blak&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>If you have enjoyed this lecture, its author might enjoy a bag of coffee, or some other small token of esteem: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDdGYlc3WEltREdkeFZPMmI1YWVfWlhHdzBJd3xBQ3Jtc0trWG9KbHh3eFFkWGxuMmxnMnIzWmljRHc0QUo0cHo0dFBUMVpaNGVuVGw2U2VnU0o5dkFzNmxwUjBrbDdMNHEyNW45TGY0ZTNnM2dmWDBUX3o2dkc3QUs4ZFloQzV6dnRsQjZyWVlFelFXUnloVFdvWQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fhz%2Fwishlist%2Fls%2F3HSH7EF410352%3Fref_%3Dwl_share&#038;v=AyxmV0nah7Q\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/hz\/wishlist\/&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>seangabb Published Jun 10, 2024 An occasional lecture for our Classics Week, this was given to provide historical background for a lecture from the Music Department on Handel&#8217;s opera &#8220;Serse&#8221; (1738). 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