Cyropaedia is a biography of Cyrus the Great, the founder of Achaemenid Empire and the first Persian Empire. It is "a political romance, describing the education of the ideal ruler, trained to rule as a benevolent despot over his admiring and willing subjects." Aspects of it would become a model for medieval writers of the genre known as mirrors for princes. In turn it was a strong influence upon the most well-known but atypical of these, Machiavelli's The Prince.
Cyropaedia : The Wisdom of Cyrus the Great
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The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates
The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians
The Symposium
On Horsemanship
Hiero
The Cavalry General
Agesilaus
Oeconomicus : Household, Husbandry, and Leadership – Xenophon’s Lessons on Economics, Ethics, and Domestic Management
Symposium : A Banquet of Perspectives – Xenophon’s Dialogue on Eros, Friendship, and the Deeds of Socrates
Memorabilia : Remembering Socrates – Xenophon’s Portrait of Character, Conversation, and Everyday Philosophy
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Complete Works : Anabasis, Cyropaedia, Hellenica, Agesilaus, Defense of Socrates, The Polity of the Athenians…