The Cyropaedia's a "partly fictional biography" of Cyrus the Great, written in the early 4th century BCE by the Athenian gentleman-soldier Xenophon. The Latinized title Cyropedia derives from Greek Kúrou paideía (Κύρου παιδεία), meaning "The Education of Cyrus". Content In substance, the Cyropaedia's "a political romance, describing the education of the ideal ruler, trained to rule as a benevolent despot over his admiring and… (More on Cyropaedia)