Sardanapalus
The last king of Assyria, celebrated for his luxury and indolence. His effeminacy induced his subjects to conspire against him with success, on which he set fire to his palace and perished in the flames, B. C. 820. Lord Byron has made his history the subject of a tragedy, in which he introduces as the heroine Myrrha, a Greek slave, who sets fire to a pile of inflammable materials which had been raised, and perished with Sardanapalus, exclaiming as she applies the torch: "Lo!
I've lit the lamp which lights us to the stars."
The play of Sardanapalus is still occasionally produced on the stage.
Sardinia (Sardi: Sardinia). A large island in the Mediterranean.
Sardis or Sardes (Sardiani: Sart, Ru.). One of د 256 IOOO CLASSICAL CHARACTERS the most ancient and famous cities of Asia Minor, and the capital of the great Lydian monarchy.
Saturninus, L. Appuleius. The celebrated demagogue, who was quaestor B. C. 104, and tribune of the plebs for the first time in 102. He proposed several popular measures, such as a Lex Frumentaria, and a law for founding new colonies in Sicily, Achaia, and Macedonia.