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The '''''Cyropaedia''''', also sometimes spelled '''''Cyropedia''''', is the longest and one of the best known works of the ancient Athenian author [[Xenophon]]. It is the most extensive work from antiquity on the life and campaigns of the [[Achaemenid]] ruler [[Cyrus the Great]].
The '''''Cyropaedia''''', also sometimes spelled '''''Cyropedia''''', is the longest and one of the best known works of the ancient Athenian author [[Xenophon]]. It is the most extensive work from antiquity on the life and campaigns of the [[Achaemenid]] ruler [[Cyrus the Great]].
For many this volume provides an alternative historical narrative to the more traditionally accepted sequence of events as recorded in works such as [[Herodotus|Herodotus']] ''Histories''. It is also filled with extensive dialogues between individuals which are used by [Xenophon]] to illustrate principles of good leadership which we can now only accept on good faith. For either one or the other of these reasons, the work is generally accepted as a "partially fictional"<ref>Encyclopedia Iranica, ''Cyropaedia'' https://iranicaonline.org/articles/cyropaedia-gr</ref> volume.
For many this volume provides an alternative historical [[narrative]] to the more traditionally accepted sequence of events as recorded in works such as [[Herodotus|Herodotus']] ''Histories''. It is also filled with extensive dialogues between individuals which are used by [Xenophon]] to illustrate principles of good leadership which we can now only accept on good faith. For either one or the other of these reasons, the work is generally accepted as a "partially fictional"<ref>Encyclopedia Iranica, ''Cyropaedia'' https://iranicaonline.org/articles/cyropaedia-gr</ref> volume.
Yet only 100 years later from the original events they proport, this volume remained one of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great's]] favourite volumes and carried it with him everywhere for constant study.<ref>Citation pending</ref>
Yet only 100 years later from the original events they proport, this volume remained one of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great's]] favourite volumes and carried it with him everywhere for constant study.<ref>Citation pending</ref>