Cyropaedia
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781419114854
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; History: World; History; History - General History; Ancient Greece; Ancient - Greece
First sentence: [C.1] We have had occasion before now to reflect how often democracies have been overthrown by the desire for some other type of government, how often monarchies and oligarchies have been swept away by movements of the people, how often would-be despots have fallen in their turn, some at the outset by one stroke, while whose who have maintained their rule for ever so brief a season are looked upon with wonder as marvels of sagacity and success.