Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus

Xenophon

• History
• Book language: English
• 276 pages

Xenophon's Cyropaedia is a historical and philosophical work, often described as a partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great. It follows his education and rise as a ruler while exploring leadership, justice, and statecraft. It is worth listening for its influential portrait of an ideal ruler and its view of ancient Persian and Greek political thought.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.