Abbott begins by weighing his two ancient sources, Herodotus and Xenophon, then tells the story of Cyrus from the legend of his birth and his childhood at the Median court to his conquests of Croesus of Lydia and of Babylon. Along the way he explains the oracles, customs and peoples of the ancient Near East.
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