Cyaxares II
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Cyaxares II was a king of the Medes whose reign is described by the Greek historian Xenophon. Some theories have equated this figure with the "Darius the Mede" named in the Book of Daniel. He is not m
The Cyrus Cylinder (British Museum)
The Nabonidus Chronicle
Frieze statues depicting Persian and Median nobleman in friendly conversation.
Xenophon
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Xenophon of Athens was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian. At the age of 30, he was elected as one of the leaders of the retreating Greek mercenaries, the Ten Thousand, who had been p
Cyaxares II
…Cyaxares II (Ancient Greek: Κυαξάρης) was a king of the Medes whose reign is described by the Greek historian Xenophon. Some theories have equated this figure with the "Darius the Mede" named in the Book of Daniel. He is not mentioned in the histories of Herodotus or…
Bust statue of Xenophon, dated to 120 AD (Roman period).
Route of Xenophon and the Ten Thousand (red line) in the Achaemenid Empire. The satrapy of Cyrus the Younger is delineated in green.
19th-century illustration of Xenophon leading his Ten Thousand through Persia to the Black Sea
Xenophon's Anabasis