Xenophon's Cyrus the Great
Xenophon's Cyrus the Great

Author: Xenophon

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2007-04-01

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 142990531X

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This classic portrait of the ancient Persian king is “still the best book on leadership” (Peter F. Drucker). Cyrus, a great Persian leader, was so widely and memorably respected that a hundred years later, Xenophon of Athens wrote this admiring book about the greatest leader of his era. Among his many achievements, this great leader of wisdom and virtue founded and extended the Persian Empire; conquered Babylon; freed 40,000 Jews from captivity; wrote mankind’s first human rights charter; and ruled over those he had conquered with respect and benevolence. According to historian Will Durant, Cyrus the Great’s military enemies knew that he was lenient, and they did not fight him with that desperate courage which men show when their only choice is “to kill or die.” As a result the Iranians regarded him as “The Father,” the Babylonians as “The Liberator,” the Greeks as the “Law-Giver,” and the Jews as the “Anointed of the Lord.” By freshening the leader’s voice, style, and diction, Larry Hedrick has created a more contemporary Cyrus, and also contributes an introduction describing him and his times. A new generation of readers, including business executives and managers, military officers, and government officials, can now learn about and benefit from Cyrus the Great’s extraordinary achievements, which exceeded all other leaders’ throughout antiquity.

A New Cyropaedia; Or the Travels of Cyrus. with a Discourse on the Theology & Mythology of the Ancients; By Sr. Andrew Ramsay. a New Edition with Many Emendations & Additions
A New Cyropaedia; Or the Travels of Cyrus. with a Discourse on the Theology & Mythology of the Ancients; By Sr. Andrew Ramsay. a New Edition with Many Emendations & Additions

Author: CHEVALIER. RAMSAY

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Published: 2018-04-22

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 9781385116937

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T067017 Parallel French and English texts. Half-title: 'Les Voyages de Cyrus, François & anglois'. Originally published in Paris, 1727. The imprint is false; probably printed in the Netherlands. London: printed for T. Wilcox, 1760. xx,403, [1],141, [1]p.: ill.; 12°