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…
