Book 3

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Book 3 is a section of Xenophon’s Cyropaedia that continues the semi-historical, partly fictional account of the education and rise of the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book section
literary work
author Xenophon
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
featuresCharacter Astyages
Cambyses II
surface form: Cambyses

Cyrus the Great
Persian nobles
genre didactic literature
historical fiction
hasWorkAsPart chapters of Book 3 (Cyropaedia)
intendedFunction moral instruction
political education
language Ancient Greek
literaryMovement Classical Athenian prose
literaryTradition Classical Greek literature
mainCharacter Cyrus the Great
narrativeForm prose
originalWorkTitle Κύρου Παιδεία
partOf Cyropaedia
philosophicalTheme education of rulers
leadership
political virtue
settingPeriod 6th century BC
settingRegion Ancient Near East
subjectMatter education of Cyrus the Great
rise of Cyrus the Great
workContinues Cyropaedia
surface form: Book 2 (Cyropaedia)
workDescribedAs partly fictional account
semi-historical account
workPrecedes Cyropaedia
surface form: Book 4 (Cyropaedia)

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Cyropaedia hasPart Book 3