Cyrus
quoted 58 times by 4 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Cyrus the figure
Most often quoted — the words themselves, in quotation. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
44 quoted · 14 reported
55 neutral 1 refuted 1 endorsedin the voice of Araspas 6 , Cyaxares 6 , Gadatas 6 , Croesus 5 , Astyages 3 , Gobryas 3 , Tomyris 3 , Abradatas 2 , Lysander 2 , Socrates 2
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in the voice of Gadatas
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Cyropaedia Xenophon 35 neutral 1 endorsed 36 citations · 69 passages
Gadatas directly thanks Cyrus and contrasts him with the Assyrian king.
But, Cyrus, in order that we may entertain handsomely these men whom you have been praising, accept as gifts of friendship these trifles, such as I can give.
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in the voice of Croesus
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The Histories Herodotus 14 neutral 1 refuted 16 citations · 36 passages
Croesus's direct reply to Cyrus attributing responsibility for the war to the Greek god and reflecting on the folly of war.
” “They are plundering your city,” said Cyrus, “and carrying off your possessions.
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in the voice of Socrates
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Economics Xenophon 3 neutral 3 citations · 7 passages
The passage explicitly introduces the statement as a story about what Cyrus once said.
There is a story that Cyrus, lately the most illustrious of princes, once said to the company invited to receive his gifts, I myself deserve to receive the gifts awarded in both classes;
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in the voice of Pharnabazus
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Hellenica Xenophon 3 neutral 3 citations
Pharnabazus's request to Cyrus, grounded explicitly in his own earlier oath, is reported as a formal act of speech.
but when three years had passed, he requested Cyrus to release them, on the plea that he had given his oath to conduct them back to the coast, since he could not take them to the King.
book 1 ¶
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