Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 59 full-page plates by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Jean-Léon Gérôme and Giovanni Paolo Panini. Xenophon takes the life of Cyrus the Great and turns it into an argument about how men are best led: the training of a prince, the management of an army, the handling of allies who have ideas of their own. It is the earliest surviving work of its kind in Greek and was read as a working manual by Scipio, by Machiavelli and by Jefferson. Xenophon had commanded troops in Persia himself and knew what was practicable. Fifty-nine plates, from Turner to John Martin, gather the fire, water and ruin that shadow every empire, matching Xenophon's theme of command and its costs.
Complete and unabridged, with 59 full-page plates by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Jean-Léon Gérôme and Giovanni Paolo Panini. Xenophon takes the life of Cyrus the Great and turns it into an argument about how men are best led: the training of a prince, the management of an army, the handling of allies w...
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Xenophon (c. 430–355 BCE) was an Athenian soldier, historian, and student of Socrates. He led the retreat of the Ten Thousand, a Greek mercenary army, from Persia, an expedition he recounted in his Anabasis.
Xenophon (c. 430–355 BCE) was an Athenian soldier, historian, and student of Socrates. He led the retreat of the Ten Thousand, a Greek mercenary army, from Persia, an expedition he recounted in his Anabasis.
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