THE PERSIAN ARCHER AT PERSEPOLIS : ASPECTS OF CHRONOLOGY, STYLE AND SYMBOLISM
Margaret Cool ROOT*
I. — Why are there no archer coins under the Apadana ?
It is generally accepted that Darius the Great founded Persépolis, in the heart of the dynastic homeland, soon after his return from the reconquest of Egypt in 518 B.C. The great Apadana was planned as the dominant public audience hall on the citadel. Its western portico looks out
* University of Michigan.
REA, T. XCI, 1989, nos 1-2, p. 33 à 50.
