Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus, credited to Xenophon, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus by Xenophon. (Translated by H. G. Dakyns.) Read in English by Larry Wilson; Lynne T; John Ottens; Kane Mercer; Peter Gardner; Lucy Perry; Omar H. Eldahan; John Martin; Anna Simon; Rosie Roberts; Emory; Mark Chulsky; J. McDougall The Cyropaedia (or Cyropedia) is a partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, written in the early 4th century BC by the Athenian gentleman-soldier, and student of Socrates, Xenophon of Athens. The title Cyropaedia derives from Greek, meaning "The Education of Cyrus". Aspects of it would become a model for medieval writers of the genre known as mirrors for princes. In turn it was a strong influence upon the most well-known but atypical of these, Machiavelli's The Prince, which was an important influence in the rejection of medieval political thinking, and the development of modern politics. However, unlike most "mirrors of princes", and like The Prince, whether or not the Cyropaedia was really intended to describe an ideal ruler is a subject of debate. - Summary by Wikipedia

Recording facts

• Recording title: Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus
• Author credits: Xenophon
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 41
• Listed recording duration: 11:26:13

Opening tracks: first 24 of 41

1. 01 - Book I - Chapter 1 — 6:43
2. 02 - Book I - Chapter 2 — 14:34
3. 03 - Book I - Chapter 3 — 15:13
4. 04 - Book I - Chapter 4 — 27:38
5. 05 - Book I - Chapter 5 — 11:06
6. 06 - Book I - Chapter 6 — 39:12
7. 07 - Book II - Chapter 1 — 16:40
8. 08 - Book II - Chapter 2 — 19:40
9. 09 - Book II - Chapter 3 — 13:36
10. 10 - Book II - Chapter 4 — 13:43
11. 11 - Book III - Chapter 1 — 25:12
12. 12 - Book III - Chapter 2 — 13:55
13. 13 - Book III - Chapter 3 — 29:07
14. 14 - Book IV - Chapter 1 — 14:48
15. 15 - Book IV - Chapter 2 — 26:38
16. 16 - Book IV - Chapter 3 — 13:25
17. 17 - Book IV - Chapter 4 — 4:36
18. 18 - Book IV - Chapter 5 — 22:19
19. 19 - Book IV - Chapter 6 — 7:32
20. 20 - Book V - Chapter 1 — 12:47
21. 21 - Book V - Chapter 2 — 14:45
22. 22 - Book V - Chapter 3 — 19:47
23. 23 - Book V - Chapter 4 — 19:48
24. 24 - Book V - Chapter 5 — 19:12

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