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ESTHER 07 - If You're Writing a Paper About Persia, Make Sure You Put Herodotus, Xenophon, and Ctesias in Your Bibliography or You're Going to Look Stupid

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Xenophon and the Syropedia

Xenophon was a student of Socrates. He also signed up to be a mercenary from Athens for Persian king Artaxerxes II. His biggest contribution is a work called the Syropedia. It's all about Cyrus the Great, but Xenophon had a thing for Cyrus.

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