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1785 GREEK Cyropedia by Xenophon Life of Cyrus the Great PERSIA Achaemenid Iran

"Men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage."
– Xenophon

Cyrus the Great was a 6th-century BC ruler known for establishing the First Persian Empire. His legacy was written about by numerous sources including Xenophon and the Old Testament Bible. Xenophon's account of the life of Cyrus was written as a fictional biography titled 'Cyropedia', written in the 4th-century BC to describe what the perfect ruler should be as well as portraying the way that the general public blindly follows its leader. This book is the earliest known accounts of the Achaemenid Empire and portions of the Persian Empire in Iran.

This 1785 Greek and Latin edition was published in Cambridge by Archdeacon, collected and translated by Thomas Hutchinson. (Greek text with Latin translation beneath, with first five words of the title transliterated from the Greek.)

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1738 Xenophon Greek Philosophy Sparta Peloponnesian War Latin London Hutchinson

"Men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage."
– Xenophon

The works of Xenophon are wide ranging in topics, but most of which deal with histories of wars and battle strategy. This book features the prominent works of Xenophon such as his history and description of the Spartan government, as well as his defense of Socrates in court, and the details of the Peloponnesian Wars.
This 1738 edition was published in in London, collected, edited, and translated by Thomas Hutchinson. It includes an impressive, frontispiece map and features both Latin and Greek texts.
Item number: #20266
Price: $499
XENOPHON
Xenophōntos Kyrou paideias biblia oktō. = Xenophontis de Cyri institutione libri octo. Græca recognovit
Londini : Typis J. Bettenham, impensis B. Barker, 1738. Third edition.

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1871 Japanese Woodblock 18 Histories Outline China Song Dynasty Xianzhi Meiji 7v
Today, "Eighteen History Outlines" is still the most read history book by Japanese people. (Chen Sunchen)
A 19th-century Sino-Japanese woodblock printing of "Eighteen Histories Outlines" bound in the fukurotoji style. "Eighteen Histories Outlines" (Shiba shilue 十八史略) is a concise general history text created in the Yuan dynasty written by the Song Dynasty scholar Zeng Xianzhi, which achieved widespread popularity in the Ming dynasty. During the Meiji Restoration period, a demand for abbreviated histories arose in Japan leading to large-scale publications of 'Eighteen Histories Outlines' and creating "a profound impact on Japanese society, culture, and historiography, with a legacy extending into the contemporary period." This book was used as required material in primary schools and as a textbook for government officials in learning Chinese history.
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