Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus

The Cyropaedia is Xenophon's partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great. Aspects of it would become a model for medieval writers of the genre known as mirrors for princes. In turn it was a strong influence upon the most well-known but atypical of these, Machiavelli's The Prince, which was an important influence in the rejection of medieval political thinking, and the development of modern politics. However, unlike most "mirrors of princes", and like The Prince, whether or not the Cyropaedia was really intended to describe an ideal ruler is a subject of debate.

Translated by H. G. Dakyns, 1897. Revised by Revised by F. M. Stawell.

Author: Xenophon
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 03/15/2017
Pages: 246
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9781544705491
ISBN10: 1544705492
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | Ancient | Greece

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