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Partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great by Xenophon
The Cyropaedia, sometimes spelled Cyropedia, is a partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, the founder of Persia's Achaemenid Empire. It was written
Cyropaedia
Greek philosopher, historian, and soldier (c.430–355/354 BC)
mercenaries after Cyrus's death in the Battle of Cunaxa. Xenophon wrote Cyropaedia, outlining both military and political methods used by Cyrus the Great
Xenophon
Conquest of the Neo-Babylonian Empire by the Achaemenid Empire
the night before the akitu festival in honor of Sin, the moon god. The Cyropaedia, a partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great which may contain a historical
Fall_of_Babylon
Founder of the Achaemenid Empire
Cyrus the Great through works such as Cyropaedia. Thomas Jefferson, for example, owned two copies of Cyropaedia, one with parallel Greek and Latin translations
Cyrus_the_Great
Greek goddess of the hearth
Eleans sacrifice first to Hestia and then to other gods. Xenophon in Cyropaedia wrote that Cyrus the Great sacrificed first to Hestia, then to sovereign
Hestia
King of the Medes
universally accepted by current scholarship. According to Xenophon's Cyropaedia (1.5.2), Cyaxares II became king after Astyages to the throne of the Median
Cyaxares_II
6th century BC king of Susa
us from Xenophon's partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, the Cyropaedia. According to it, he was an ally of the Assyrians against Cyrus the Great
Abradatas
King of Macedon from 336 to 323 BC
Alexander admired Cyrus the Great, from an early age reading Xenophon's Cyropaedia, which described Cyrus's heroism in battle and governance as a king and
Alexander_the_Great
Country in West Asia
collection of Elamite instruments documented at Kul-e Farah. Xenophon's Cyropaedia mentions singing women at the court of the Achaemenid Empire. Under the
Iran
Ancient Cappadocian king
Great (that is, 6th century BCE), according to Xenophon's Cyropaedia. Xenophon, Cyropaedia ii. 1. ~ 5, iv. 2. ~ 31 This article incorporates text from
Aribaeus
Priests in Zoroastrianism
experience at the Persian Achaemenid court. In his early 4th century BC Cyropaedia, Xenophon depicts the magians as authorities for all religious matters
Magi
1970 book by John Kinloch Anderson
Xenophon, citing both his non-fiction accounts and his semi-fictional Cyropaedia as evidence for Spartan military practices. Anderson supplements Xenophon's
Military Theory and Practice in the Age of Xenophon
Military_Theory_and_Practice_in_the_Age_of_Xenophon
Ancient Iranian empire, 550–330 BC
where he visited the tomb of Cyrus, the man whom he had heard of from the Cyropaedia.[citation needed] In the ensuing chaos created by Alexander's invasion
Achaemenid_Empire
Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great (r. 550–530 BC). He appears in both the Cyropaedia of the Greek soldier and historian Xenophon (died 354 BC) and the History
Tigranes_(legendary)
French novel
references and source-material comes from Herodotus’ Histories and Xenophon's Cyropaedia. Other sources include Plutarch, Justin, Polyaenus, Pliny, Ovid, Strabon
Artamène
Military conflict between the Median kingdom and Persis
troops, fled to Median territory and was easily captured. Xenophon, in his Cyropaedia, recounts that Astyages died peacefully in his bed as the king of Media
Medo-Persian_conflict
Linguistic component of Ancient Greek
Smyth. A Greek Grammar for Colleges. § 1943. Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.2.9 Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.2.9 Smyth. A Greek Grammar for Colleges. § 2305.ff Xenophon
Ancient_Greek_verbs
6th-century BC Assyrian satrap
Assyrian provencial governor (or satrap) who, according to Xenophon's Cyropaedia, defected to Cyrus the Great. His defection was motivated by a desire
Gadatas
Etymology of the name
Greek form of the name appears in Xenophon's biography of Cyrus, the Cyropaedia, a work written in the fourth century BC. The word Mithra occurs as the
Mithras_(name)
Legendary King of Armenia from 570 to 560 BC
personification of the Orontid dynasty. Orontes appears in both in the Cyropaedia of the Greek soldier and historian Xenophon (died 354 BC) and the History
Orontes_I_Sakavakyats
Race of iron-workers in Greek mythology
encounter." He reports that they dwelt in strongholds. In Xenophon's Cyropaedia, Cyrus the Great helps the Armenians and Chaldians resolve a dispute over
Chalybes
Millennium between 1000 BC and 1 BC
Histories Euripides (c. 480–406 BC), Greek playwright Xenophon: Anabasis, Cyropaedia Aristotle (384–322 BC), corpus Aristotelicum Hellenistic to Roman period
1st_millennium_BC
Mystery religion in the Roman Empire
Greek form of the name is in a 4th century BCE work by Xenophon, the Cyropaedia, which is a biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great. The exact form
Mithraism
Elite Persian heavy infantry
maintaining the corps as a cohesive entity with a constant strength. Xenophon (Cyropaedia 6.4.1; 7.1.2) describes the guard of Cyrus the Great as having bronze
Immortals_(Achaemenid_Empire)
Servant whose task is to pour, (taste) and serve the drinks at the royal table
Rabshakeh. See further on cupbearers: Herodotus. Histories. iii.34. Xenophon. Cyropaedia. i.3, 8, 9. Josephus. Antiquities of the Jews. XVI, viii, 1. Book of Tobit
Cupbearer
Wife of Cambyses I
to his parents in Persia. Xenophon also mentions Mandane in his work Cyropaedia. According to his story, Mandane and her son traveled to the court of
Mandane_of_Media
Ancient clay cylinder with Akkadian cuneiform script
Nabonidus.” Beaulieu, Reign of Nabonidus, 32. Cyropaedia 4.6.3; 5.2.27; 5.4.12, 24, 26, 33; 7.5.29. The Cyropaedia refers to Belshazzar as “this young fellow
Cyrus_Cylinder
Greek mythological creature
Illarraga & G. Danzig (eds.), Debating Cyrus. Leadership in Xenophon’s ›Cyropaedia‹. Series: Xenophon Studies, vol. 2. Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter, 2026, 133-146
Centaur
from the throne, another famous work relating to Persian history is his Cyropaedia.[citation needed] The historian Timaeus was born in Sicily but spent most
Ancient_Greek_literature
Separation of tasks in any system so that participants may specialise
4th century BC, makes a passing reference to division of labour in his Cyropaedia (a.k.a. Education of Cyrus). Just as the various trades are most highly
Division_of_labour
British translator (1838–1911)
translator of Ancient Greek, best known for his translations of Xenophon: the Cyropaedia and Hellenica, The Economist, Hiero and On Horsemanship. Henry Graham
Henry_Graham_Dakyns
Spartan class
battle they were the first to engage and the last to withdraw. In the Cyropaedia (IV, 2), Xenophon compares them to the Hyrcanian cavalry, used by the
Sciritae
Touch with the lips, usually to express love, affection or greeting
me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine. In Cyropaedia (370 BC), Xenophon wrote about the Persian custom of kissing in the lips
Kiss
Women's quarters in the traditional house of a Muslim family
Esther 2.3) (Herodotus 8.105; Plutarch, Themistocles, 26.4) (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 4.6, 11; 5.1, 1; 5, 2, 9, 39) (Herodotus 3.97) (Herodotus 4.19, 32) Brosius
Harem
Median king
despotic ruler) and Ctesias’ favorable one, are both biased. Xenophon's Cyropaedia depicts him as a kindly old gentleman devoted to his grandson Cyrus, but
Astyages
1st-century BC Roman woman, wife of Brutus
influenced those about Porcia. The character of Panthea in Xenophon's Cyropaedia also presents similarities to Plutarch's Porcia – with both women expressing
Porcia_(wife_of_Brutus)
Kings of Armenia and later Sophene and Commagene
Satrap of Armenia under the Achaemenid Empire. In his largely fictional Cyropaedia, the Greek author Xenophon (died c. 354/355 BC) mentions Tigranes, the
Orontid_dynasty
Ethnic group in India
to the mutual relationship of Armenians and Indians are found in the Cyropaedia, an ancient Greek work by Xenophon (430 BC – 355 BC). These references
Armenians_in_India
4th-century BCE Persian satrap of Hellespont Phrygia
“For the Liberty of the Rhodians” Gershevitch 1985, p. 378 Xenophon, Cyropaedia viii. 8; Aristotle, v. 10 Brosius 2006, p. 29 Aristotle, Politics, H.
Ariobarzanes_of_Phrygia
French scholar (1688–1749)
studied Xenophon, the fruit of which appeared later in his memoir on the Cyropaedia. From the time of his liberation in March 1715 his life was uneventful
Nicolas_Fréret
Grammatical case generally used to indicate the noun to which something is given
you (i.e., please pay..)". "ὦ μῆτερ, ὡς καλός μοι ὁ πάππος." (Xenophon, Cyropaedia 18.178). "Oh, mother, how handsome grandpa is (I've just realized!)".
Dative_case
16th-century Spanish bishop and author
the form of a didactic novel, designed after the manner of Xenophon's Cyropaedia, to delineate in a somewhat ideal way, for the benefit of modern sovereigns
Antonio_de_Guevara
English clergyman and classical scholar
reputation as a scholar by the publication of an edition of Xenophon's Cyropaedia (1727). Thomas Herring, Archbishop of Canterbury, presented him to the
Thomas_Hutchinson_(scholar)
Former American university president
and ethical dilemmas of artificial intelligence (AI), and on Xenophon's Cyropaedia: The Art and Adventure of Leadership. Nikias was born on the Mediterranean
C._L._Max_Nikias
Son of Ariobarzanes, prince of Cius
337 and 302 BCE, being said to be an old man at that time. Xenophon, Cyropaedia, viii. 8. 4 Aristotle, v. 1312a Xenophon, Anabasis, vii. 8. 25 Demosthenes
Mithridates_of_Cius
Term originally for foreigners, later for people deemed uncivilized
Hellenic attitudes. Xenophon (died 354 B.C.), for example, wrote the Cyropaedia, a laudatory fictionalised account of Cyrus the Great, the founder of
Barbarian
Component of late antique armor
Xenophon gives the terms χειρῖδας (kheiridas) and χεῖρα (kheira) in the Cyropaedia and his "On Cavalry," both of which describe the armor as covering from
Manica_(armguard)
English poet died 1626
some copies of his father Philemon Holland's translation of Xenophon's Cyropaedia printed in 1632. Holland's 1625 poem on the plague from the Posthuma,
Abraham_Holland
Ancient Greek maxim
one's worth in comparison to others. In another work of Xenophon, the Cyropaedia, the Lydian king Croesus is captured in battle by Cyrus, and laments his
Know_thyself
Empire (c. 550–330 BCE). Ancient sources, particularly Xenophon in his Cyropaedia (Book VII, Chapter 1), describe the Persian royal standard as a golden
National_symbols_of_Iran
drafša-, Middle Persian drafš, cognate with Sanskrit drapsá-). Xenophon in Cyropaedia (7.1.4) describes the standard of Artaxerxes II at Cunaxa as "a golden
Flag_of_Iran
Ruler of Cius in Mysia from 337 to 302 BC
Wars", 9; Diodorus, xx. 111, pg. 456. Lucian, Macrobioi, 13. Xenophon, Cyropaedia, viii. 8. 4 Aristotle, v. 10 Xenophon, Anabasis, vii. 8. 25 Diodorus,
Mithridates_II_of_Cius
4th-century BC Greek philosopher
the same volume with a Latin version of the fourth book of Xenophon's Cyropaedia by the same editor and printer the following year. An expanded edition
Chion_of_Heraclea
Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477
Portuguese Vasco de Lucena and Jehan de Chesne to translate Xenophon's Cyropaedia and Caesar's De bello Gallico, respectively, into French. In 1468, he
Charles_the_Bold
Greek association of a god of medicine
cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum Strabo: Geography Xenophon: Cyropaedia θερα^π-ευτής in Liddell and Scott θερα^π-ευτής, οῦ, ὁ A. one who serves
Therapeutae_of_Asclepius
Zoroastrian divinity of covenant, light, and oath
University Press, 2013, p. 552-553 Xenophon. Oeconomicus 4, 24. Xenophon. Cyropaedia VII 5, 53. Curtius Rufus. History of Alexander the Great IV 13, 12 Plutarch
Mithra
Postal service used in the Achaemenid Persian Empire
ancient highway system in the Achaemenid Empire Xenophon (1855). "The Cyropaedia": or, Institution of Cyrus, and the Hellenics, or Grecian history. (Literally
Chapar_Khaneh
Historical fashion in Persia
Coins and Their Values. Asia and North Africa II, London, 1979. Xenophon. Cyropaedia. Translated by Walter Miller. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
Persian_clothing
titled Cyropaedia. According to the narrative, Alceunas was active during the rise of the Persian king Cyrus the Great. In Book V of Cyropaedia, it is
Alceunas
281 BC–62 AD kingdom in northern Anatolia
McGing 1986, p. 10-11. Heckel 2020, p. 122. McGing 1986, p. 10. Xenophon "Cyropaedia", VIII 8.4 Appian "the Mithridatic wars", II McGing 1986, p. 16-17. McGing
Kingdom_of_Pontus
Ruling dynasty of Magadha (c. 345–322 BCE)
king Nanda's seven precious substances". Greek writer Xenophon, in his Cyropaedia (4th century BCE), mentions that the king of India was very wealthy, and
Nanda_Empire
Kühner produced Anabasis and Memorabilia, and Friedrich August Bornemann — Cyropaedia). They asked Breitenbach to prepare editions of two more minor works of
Ludwig_Breitenbach
Rebellion by satraps against Achaemenid king Artaxerxes II (372–362 BC)
Agesilaus, ii.25-27. Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates, xxiii.202. Xenophon, Cyropaedia viii. 8.4; Aristotle, Politics, v. 10 (1312a15); Harpocraton, Lexicon
Great_Satraps'_Revolt
Pre-Middle Age history of economic thought
Lowry (2003), p. 17. Cyropaedia, I.3.15–17. Cyropaedia, VIII.2.5–6 Lowry (2003), p. 18. Marx (1930), v. 1, p. 388, n. 1. Cyropaedia III. 2. 17–33. Jürgen
Ancient_economic_thought
Series of Greek and Latin texts with English translations
Oeconomicus. Symposium and Apologia L051) Volume V. Cyropaedia, Books 1–4 L052) Volume VI. Cyropaedia, Books 5–8 L183) Volume VII. Hiero. Agesilaus. Constitution
Loeb_Classical_Library
their ceremonies, while Xenophon reflected on his visit to Persia in the Cyropaedia, mentioning the presence of many female singers at court. Athenaeus also
History_of_music
Item given to someone without the expectation of anything in return
stirred up competition, and created an obligation of loyalty. Xenophon in Cyropaedia says of Cyrus the Great, "He sent food around also to those in whom he
Gift
Kui: Book of Law Persian: DNa inscription Greek: Xenophon: Anabasis, Cyropaedia, Oeconomicus, Memorabilia, Hellenica Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Metaphysics
Ancient_literature
Ancient state in West Asia
representation of an Indian embassy at the court of Cyaxares (Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.4.1) seems a plausible outcome of commercial contacts. Cyaxares died
Median_kingdom
king Darius III (336–330 BC) by Macedonian general Parmenion. Xenophon's Cyropaedia mentions a great number of singing women at the court of the Achaemenid
Music_of_Iran
the right wing of Cyrus's army in the battle with Croesus. Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.1.1, 8, &c., 6.1.36, &c., 3.14, 21 This article incorporates text from
Araspes
Part of grammar in ancient Greek
Plato, Gorgias 521d Aeschines, 1.80. Plato, Hipp. Mai. 282d. Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.2.28 Plato, Cratylus 428b Menander, Sent. 180. Smyth. A Greek Grammar
Ancient Greek conditional clauses
Ancient_Greek_conditional_clauses
Persian prince (died c. 478 BC)
Mede robe when he marries the daughter of Mede king Astyages (Xenophon, Cyropaedia VIII 5 18). Cyrus the Younger is just about to kill his brother, king
Masistes
Iranian writer (1921-2012)
found a reference in Persian that presents a quotation from Xenophon's Cyropaedia indicating that Sug-e Siyāvoshān has its origin in a lamentation song
Simin_Daneshvar
Bilateral relations
references to the mutual relationship of Armenians and Indians are found in Cyropaedia (Persian Expedition), an ancient Greek work by Xenophon (430 BC – 355
Armenia–India_relations
ancient Greek writer Xenophon (445-355 gg. BC. E.) In his historical novel Cyropaedia ("Education of Cyrus") describes in detail the formulation of education
Education_in_Tajikistan
Avestan term for earth
the yazatas, Zam's is the Basil (Bundahishn 27). According to Xenophon (Cyropaedia, 8.24), Cyrus sacrificed animals to the earth as the Magians directed
Zam
English noblewoman and poet
Harvard literary historian Vanessa Braganza identified a copy of Xenophon's Cyropaedia which she found at a rare book fair as Wroth's based on a cryptic monogram
Lady_Mary_Wroth
French archaeologist and man of letters
His other works include a Vie de Socrate (1650), a translation of the Cyropaedia of Xenophon (1658), and the Traité de la peinture parlante (1684). Chisholm
François_Charpentier
Grammatical mood of Ancient Greek verbs
16:36, 20:16, etc. Smyth. A Greek Grammar for Colleges. § 2221. Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.1.11 Smyth. A Greek Grammar for Colleges. § 2225. Acts 5:26 Xenophon
Optative_(Ancient_Greek)
Italian scholar, writer and humanist (1380–1459)
the quality of his Latin. His best-efforts translation of Xenophon's Cyropaedia into Latin cannot be praised for accuracy by modern standards. But he
Poggio_Bracciolini
that Cadusia was being part of Atropatene. Xenophon (1914). Xenophon: Cyropaedia II. London, New York: Harvard University Press. p. 466. ISBN 978-0-434-99052-8
Cadusia
61 Xenophon, Anabasis 3.1.7 Lysias, 3.8 Thucydides, 1.101.3 Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.3.3 Kiparsky, Paul (December 1973). "The Inflectional Accent in Indo-European"
Ancient_Greek_nouns
Ethnogenesis
command you to go, and to own no forts?" "Those are the facts." — Xenophon, Cyropaedia, book 3, chapter 1, sections 9–10 (c. 370 BC) In reference to a time ancient
Origin_of_the_Armenians
term skeptouchos also appears in the 7th-century BC Semonides. In his Cyropaedia and Anabasis, Xenophon in the 5th-century BC makes references to skeptouchoi
Skeptouchos
Grammatical construction
his father and mother, he marries the daughter of Cyaxares." (Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.5.28) In German, a noun phrase can be put in the accusative to indicate
Accusative_absolute
Book by Movses Khorenatsi
historicity with Tigran I (6th century BC), who is also mentioned in the Cyropaedia of Xenophon (Tigranes Orontid, traditionally 560–535 BC; Vahagn 530–515
History_of_Armenia_(book)
Type of garden
62 (2000:195-217) p. 195 Herodotus and Xenophon (in his romanticised Cyropaedia) do give extensive accounts of Cyrus the Great's palatial city of Pasargadae
Greek_garden
Class of Ancient Greek verbs
Colleges. § 1792: modal particle with iterative in Herodotus. Xenophon. Cyropaedia. 7.1.14 – via Perseus.Tufts.edu. Smyth. A Greek Grammar for Colleges.
Aorist_(Ancient_Greek)
German poet and writer (1733–1813)
ideal of a hero. Araspes und Panthea is based on an episode from the Cyropaedia of Xenophon.[citation needed] Wieland's conversion was completed at Biberach
Christoph_Martin_Wieland
Dutch artist, writer (1682–1729)
Tristan l'Hermite's Penthée (1637), it may well be inspired by Xenophon's Cyropaedia. While her name was left off the title page, the dedicatory poems clearly
Maria_de_Wilde
Scottish classicist and archaeologist (1924–2015)
book are Xenophon's writings, including the Anabasis, Hellenica, and Cyropaedia, which Anderson supplements with other literary and archaeological evidence
John_Kinloch_Anderson
4th-century BC Persian noble
11". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-22. Xenophon. "Xenophon, Cyropaedia, Book 8, Chapter 8, Section 4". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-26
Rheomithres
pretensions with regard to his skill and art, which Cicero termed the Cyropaedia, in reference to the work of Xenophon. When Atticus remarked upon the
Cyrus_(architect)
16th century English translator
into English, Lond. 1567, 8vo. The first full translation of Xenophon's Cyropaedia into English, mainly based on the original Greek but also partially on
William_Barker_(translator)
Aspect of Iranian history
their ceremonies, while Xenophon reflected on his visit to Persia in the Cyropaedia, mentioning the presence of many female singers at court. Athenaeus also
Achaemenid_music
Armies of the Hellenistic kingdoms
Stena in the Second Macedonian War, pp. 39–54 Appian, Syriaca 7 Xenophon, Cyropaedia, Ζ.1.27 Anglim, Simon et al., (2003), Fighting Techniques of the Ancient
Hellenistic_armies
Grammatical form
Thucydides, Historiae, 5.6.3. Xenophon, Hellenica,3.5.18. Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 8.8.2. Lysias, Areopagiticus,30. Plato, Euthydemus, 278e. Isocrates,
Participle_(Ancient_Greek)
around 572 BC, after a lengthy series of campaigns. According to the Cyropaedia, Xenophon's mostly fictitious biography of Cyrus the Great, the founder
History_of_Málaga
Ancient Greek text
Greek literature: e.g. Xenophon's story of Pantheia and Abradatas in Cyropaedia; cf. Llewellyn-Jones 2010: 69–71. Luc. Philops. 2, Ver. hist. 2. 31. Cf
Persica_(Ctesias)
CYROPAEDIA
CYROPAEDIA
CYROPAEDIA
CYROPAEDIA
Boy/Male
Arabic, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Muslim
The Moon
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Cool; Pleasant Feeling
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Ayliff(e), which is from a Middle English personal name. In most cases, this is Old Norse EilÃfr ‘eternal life’, but it could also have absorbed the female name Ayleve (Old English Æ{dh}elgifu ‘noble gift’). It could also have absorbed a truncated form of Irish McAuliffe.
Boy/Male
Christian, German, Hindu, Indian
Bold Protector
Male
Chamoru
, jurisprudence; law.
Boy/Male
Australian, Irish
From Cashel
Girl/Female
Indian
Rainy Season
Female
Esperanto
Esperanto name MIELA means "honey-sweet."
Boy/Male
Indian
One of the names of God, Forgiving
Girl/Female
Indian
One of Direction
CYROPAEDIA
CYROPAEDIA
CYROPAEDIA
CYROPAEDIA
CYROPAEDIA