Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. ILLUSTRATIONS xi
4. PREFACE xiii
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
6. I. APPROACHING CYRUS AND HIS EDUCATION
7. Chapter One. The Classic as Footnote 3
8. Chapter Two. The Rise of a Novel 36
9. II. THE EDUCATION OF CYRUS
10. FAMILY
11. Chapter Three. The Curious Return of Cambyses 75
12. Chapter Four. The Grandson of Astyages 97
13. FOES
14. Chapter Five. The Envy of Uncle Cyaxares 115
15. Chapter Six. Dialectical Imperialism: Tigranes and the Sophist of Armenia 134
16. Chapter Seven. In the Face of the Enemy: A Meeting with Croesus of Lydia 146
17. FRIENDS
18. Chapter Eight. The Uses of Eros and the Hero 163
19. Chapter Nine. The Economy of Empire 189
20. III. LEAVING CYRUS
21. Chapter Ten. Revision 215
22. NOTES 243
23. BIBLIOGRAPHY 277
24. INDEX 289
25. INDEX LOCORUM 295