Xenophon’s Cyrus the Great

E-Book: Cyropaedia

The Cyropaedia, sometimes referred to as ‘The Education of Cyrus the Great’ is one of the great works of 4th century BC Athenian writer and solider, Xenophon (c.431-355 BC).

Although ostensibly a biography, Cyropaedia, is much harder to define than that. It has been called:

• a history,

• a political romance,

• an encomium,

• a ‘mirrors for princes’ piece,

• and, mos…