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The Cyropaedia, The Education of Cyrus

Xenophon

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Pages (PDF): 308
Publication Date: This translation by Henry Graham Dakyns, 1890

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Summary:

The Cyropaedia (or Cyropedia) is a biography of Cyrus the Great, written in the early 4th century BC. In substance, The Cyropaedia is "a political romance, describing the education of the ideal ruler, trained to rule as a benevolent despot over his admiring and willing subjects."