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# Persian courtier leads a Greek envoy by the hand to the king in a Persepolis relief
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/chto-takoe-vysokaia-diplomatiia/
- Published: 2020-11-18T19:42:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:56:31.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Archaeology, The East, Art, Humour

What is high diplomacy? Here, for example, a Persian courtier tenderly holds the hand of a Greek envoy as he escorts him to the royal throne. Detail of a sculpted frieze from Persepolis, Iran, photograph by Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones