Cyropaedia (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Xenophon
- First Published: 371
- Type of Work: Nonfiction
- Type of Plot: History
- Time of Work: Antiquity
- Setting: The Median kingdom
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction, Biographical fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Leadership, Education or educators, Kings, queens, or royalty, Greek or Roman times, Armies, Biography, Learning or scholarship
- Locales: Median kingdom
Characters Discussed
Cyrus, the hero, whose education for kingship is the subject of the story. Cyrus is presented as the ideal leader and king, aware of the art of statesmanship as well as its practical politics. Cyrus has great strength of character but always puts the state’s interests before his own. Cyrus is born a prince in the minor kingdom of Pars, which is but a small part of the great Median realm of the king Astyages. Cyrus is the son of the Persian prince Cambyses and of Mandane, the daughter of Astyages himself. His father, a firm man, gives him vigorous...
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Xenophon (Encyclopedia of the Ancient World)Xenophon (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Xenophon (Dictionary of World Biography)
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