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Cyrus the Great

noun

King of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC). Synonyms: Cyrus II, Cyrus the Elder.

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... the purple cap. He sits on the throne of Cyrus the Great and Darius the Dauntless. I would be a loyal Aryan, the king is indeed in Susa or Babylon. But for me the true king of Media and Persia—is here." And she lifted ...

— A Victor of Salamis • William Stearns Davis

... first place, there exists no trace or vestige of any other story. It is not, like the death of Cyrus the Great, a competition between opposite accounts, or between the credit of different historians. There is not a document, or scrap of account, either contemporary with the commencement of Christianity, or extant within ...

— Evidences of Christianity • William Paley

Words linked to "Cyrus the Great" : Rex, Cyrus II, male monarch, Cyrus the Elder, king