Tamburlaine the Great (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Christopher Marlowe
- First Published: 1590
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Fourteenth century
- Setting: Asia
- Principal Characters: Tamburlaine, Zenocrate, Bajazeth, Callapine, Mycetes, Cosroe, Theridamas, Techelles, Usumcasane, Orcanes
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Slavery or slaves, Asia or Asians, War, Death or dying, Kings, queens, or royalty, Heroes or heroism, Fourteenth century
- Locales: Asia
The Story:
When Mycetes became king of Persia, his brother, Cosroe, told him openly that he was not fit for the office. Among Mycetes’ greatest concerns were the raids of Tamburlaine, the Scythian shepherd who had become a bandit. Because it was rumored that this robber chief aspired to rule the East, Mycetes sent Theridamas with a thousand troops to capture Tamburlaine, and he ordered another lord named Menaphon to follow Theridamas. Cosroe sarcastically pointed out to the king that Menaphon was needed in Babylon, where the province was about to revolt against a sovereign as...
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