Xenophon's
Cyropaedia

Translated from Greek
by Henry Graham Dakyns

Revised by F. M. Stawell

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The Boyhood of Cyrus. Book 1.
The Reorganization of the Army. Book 2.
The Conquest of Armenia and Scythia. Book 3.
The Capture of the First and Second Camps of the Assyrians. Book 4.

Gobryas and Gadatas. Book 5.
On the Eve of the Great Battle. Book 6.
The Great Battle. Book 7.
The Organization of the Empire. Book 8.


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