Abstract
the aim of the present research is to analyze comparatively the place of Court eunuchs in the Neo-Assyrian and Achaemenid Empires, through the examination of the (supposed) figures of eunuchs in the reliefs of the 'palace' of Darius I (522-486 BCE) in Persepolis (ROOT, 1979, p.78-80; KUHRT, 2007, p. 592; YAMAUCHI, 1996, p. 263) and Apadana (KUHRT, op. cit., p. 536; SCHMIDT, 1953, pl. 121-…