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Answer: The poet, paraphrasing The Bible (2 Kings 19: 35-36). Note that he is NOT describing Sennacherib's death, but the destruction of his army. Lord Byron knew his Scripture.
Note also that 'cohort' refers to that army, being a (Roman) military unit. It does not mean King Sennacherib's companion, although the word is now frequently misused as such (i.e. to = companion), probably because of the poem.
Note further that the poem is stunningly beautiful.
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Who is the Gentile in The Destruction of Sennacherib?
the speaker
What is 'Sennacherib' when translated from Akkadian to English?
Bramble of Destruction.
What example of alliteration from the first stanza of the destruction of sennacherib?
Sheen spears stars sea
What device is used in lines 12 and 20 of The Destruction of Sennacherib?
Synecdoche: a substitution of a part of something for the whole or the whole for a part.
What is some criticism of Sennacherib's Destruction?
Sennacherib was a wanton murderer who sanctioned the leveling and razing of cities, the torture, flagellation, mutilation, and desecration of both living and dead, and the deportation of hundreds of thousands if not millions of subjects of conquered kingdoms. If he were alive today, he would be on trial for numerous genocides and other crimes.
Explain the event which allowed the Jews to stay in Judah?
That depends when you're asking about. One answer is the downfall of Sennacherib at the outskirts of Jerusalem, about 135 years before the First Destruction.
What ruler burned Babylon?
That was Sennacherib.
What is The Destruction of Sennacherib by Lord Byron?
It occurred when God sent His angel of death to kill 185,000 Assyrian soldiers who were encamped around Jerusalem during the reign of King Hezekiah. You can read about it in Isaiah 37, verses 36 to 38.
Where did king sennacherib build his castle?
in assyria
Which is an example of an ethos appeal in a wartime speech?
Explaining the speaker's experiences as a military commander.
What is the name of the person who invented the first sawmill?
Sennacherib
How built the palace called the one with no rival?
King Sennacherib
