Cambyses
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Cambyses can refer to two ancient rulers and two plays:-
- Cambyses I, King of Anshan 600 to 559 BCE
- Cambyses II, King of Persia 530 to 522 BCE
- Cambyses, a tragedy (published 1569) by Thomas Preston (writer)Thomas Preston (writer)Thomas Preston was an English master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and possibly a dramatist.-Life:Preston was born at Simpson, Buckinghamshire, in 1537, and was educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, where he was elected scholar, 16 Aug. 1553, and fellow, 18 Sept. 1556. He graduated B.A....
- Qambeez (Cambyses), a tragedy in Arabic by Ahmed ShawqiAhmed ShawqiAhmed Shawqi was the great Arabic Poet-Laureate, an Egyptian poet and dramatist who pioneered the modern Egyptian literary movement, most notably introducing the genre of poetic epics to the Arabic literary tradition...