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This article could do with an expert's opinion and references. At the moment I think it is poor -- - K a s h Talk | email 18:07, 13 April 2006 (UTC)


I'm presenting a project on Ctesias and Xenophon's views of the Near East with in depth analysis of Persica and Cyropaedia. I might add something to this article if I can spare the time. It's very lacking at the moment. --Keltica 21:24, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] "Education of Cyrus"

What Xenophon wanted to say by "Education of Cyrus" was ... "The way of Cyrus".

After studying for so long on the belief of Cyrus and his followers. I think that is the right definition.

[edit] Persian propaganda

Another example of persian propaganda on wikipedia. 'Cyropaedia' is not a biography of Cyrus but a work of fiction. Historians claim that it is the first historical novel and the first moral romance that has come down to us. So enough is enough with the persian nationalism. Someone should fix the article

Why would a people WANT to treat this as their own history? Cyrus (in Cyropaedia) was the master of using people for his own personal gain. Its basically a textbook on how to control people. If one of our political leaders acted like him (minus certain things that were acceptable at the time), we would love it & he/she would be able to do anything he/she wants. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.184.226.117 (talk) 04:02, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ted Koppel??

What is a Ted Koppel quotation doing in an article on a particular Greek text? -- Fullstop 02:00, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

removed -- Fullstop 12:58, 6 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Article name

Why is this article at Cyropaedia (Xenophon) instead of Cyropaedia (which redirects here)? Is there another Cyropaedia written by someone else, and if so, why isn't there a disambiguation page? I'm going to move the article; if there's some reason for the current title that I'm not aware of, feel free to move it back. Isomorphic (talk) 00:33, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Postmodern

The paragraph at the end about postmodern criticism has been tagged as needing attribution for over a year. As it stands it is clearly original research. I propose deleting the paragraph entirely. Fumblebruschi (talk) 17:38, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Do it. Bang bang. -- Fullstop (talk) 18:35, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
ps(paedagogant scriptum): {{who}} and {{weasel-inline}} were added 6 Aug. 2007
Done. Fumblebruschi (talk) 20:39, 5 March 2008 (UTC)