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Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus

Xenophon

Biography & MemoirsEnglish
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What makes a good ruler? Xenophon answers with a partly fictional life of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire, from his boyhood education in…

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Author
Xenophon
Category
Biography & Memoirs
Language
English
Source
Project Gutenberg

About this book

What makes a good ruler? Xenophon answers with a partly fictional life of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire, from his boyhood education in Persia and at the court of his grandfather, the king of the Medes, through his campaigns and the capture of Babylon, the city in today's Iraq, to the organisation of his empire and his death. Cyrus rules by example, justice, generosity and careful planning, and wins the willing obedience of his subjects.

Context and significance

Written in the fourth century BC, the Cyropaedia, 'the education of Cyrus', was admired by the Roman general Scipio, by Machiavelli and by Thomas Jefferson, and it became a model for the 'mirrors for princes' of later centuries. This translation is by Henry Graham Dakyns. Read Xenophon's Memorabilia and Anabasis.

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