History · 9 · Daughter Zion
Most defeated peoples simply forgot
After Persia's first empire fell, its own heirs soon forgot Cyrus and Darius. Most conquered kingdoms consigned their defeats to oblivion.
Remembering defeat is rare, and powerful.
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Usually we know of the defeated only through their conquerors' boasts. Athens even fined the playwright Phrynichus for staging the fall of Miletus, banning the subject. Would other peoples have endured, had they made defeat central to their identity?
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 146–148
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