Cambyses Mad Yet Great
by Damien F. Mackey Common factors here may include ‘divine’ madness; confounding the priests by messing with the Babylonian rites; and the conquest of Egypt and Ethiopia. Introduction Since in articles such as: “Nebuchednezzar” of the Book of Daniel https://www.academia.edu/23886406/_Nebuchednezzar_of_the_Book_of_Daniel I have argued that the reason why biblical historians have discerned so much of Daniel’s “Nebuchednezzar” in the person of the neo-Babylonian king, Nabonidus, is because the latter was the same king as Nebuchednezzar II, I shall be including Nabonidus in this consideration of likenesses between Nebuchednezzar II and Cambyses. Part One: King’s Madness Nebuchednezzar II/Nabonidus One of the traits shared by Daniel’s “Nebuchednezzar” and King Nabonidus was madness, as discussed...