Nebuchadnezzar was not a good guy , by Biblical standard . He was also unpleasant party for a few year when he come to conceive he was a cow and use up grass . What caused this madness ? It might have been how he pick out to decorate his palace .
King Nebuchadnezzar , in history , overturn Jerusalem , put out the reigning magnate ’s eyes , and contribute many Jews to Babylon as slaves . In the Bible he was even less democratic , erecting a incised image , and throwing three people into a furnace when they decline to idolise it . The three emerged unscathed . Nebuchadnezzar , on the other hand , “ was driven from man and did eat grass as ox . ” The first known case of boanthropy ( think oneself a moo-cow ) did not clear up for seven years . formally , he was being “ humbled ” by God .
Some historical experts have a unlike idea . It seems that at one point the historical Nebuchadnezzar decide to redecorate his palace . He had the wall painted a beautiful brilliant yellow , with a pigment that would have included both lead and antimony . Neither is a chemical substance anyone would want to mess with . Antimony can give multitude seizure , lighting of the heart , headaches , and depression . Lead is more of a problem , though . Lead poisoning can make masses paranoid , delusional , and strong-growing . The madness associated with it has been blamed for the fall of Rome . It ’s also been postulate as a source of stirring for the genius painters in history . Lead poisoning was at one point know as Felis concolor ’s rabidness – although it impact house panther as well as nifty artist .
The exposure to lead pigment , everywhere , may have been a constituent in a variety of madness overtaking Nebuchadnezzar . It supply a variety of immortality to him – the painting above is a word picture of Nebuchadnezzar by William Blake – but was disastrous to his dignity .
[ ViaThe Lead Poisoned Genius , The Disappearing Spoon ]
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