TY - BOOK AU - Xenophon AU - Dakyns,Henry Graham TI - Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus T2 - Everyman's library, [no. 672] AV - PA PY - 2000/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Biographical fiction KW - Cyrus, King of Persia, -529 B.C. -- Fiction KW - Education of princes -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyropaedia; Release date is 2000-02-01; Produced by John Bickers, Dagny, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus" by Xenophon is a partly fictional biography written around 370 BC. It chronicles the education and rise of Cyrus the Great, founder of Persia's Achaemenid Empire. Through battles, strategic innovations, and leadership lessons, Xenophon presents an ideal ruler navigating the complexities of building an unprecedented empire. Blending political instruction with narrative storytelling, the work became a foundational text influencing medieval mirrors-for-princes literature and ultimately shaping modern political thought through its impact on Machiavelli's "The Prince." (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2085 ER -