Cyrus the Great

URI https://medievalmideast.org/person/13700

founder of the Achaemenid empire

Names

  • Greek: Κῦρος, Κύρου = Kyros, Kyrou 1
  • Syriac: ܩܘܪܘܣ = QWRWS 2
  • Syriac: ܟܘܪܫ = KWRSh 3

Attributes

  • Male

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles.1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian2-3 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Cyrus the Great: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 1.4, 42; 3.68 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 69 [Syriac].
    • Kyros : J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 95 [French].
  • 3Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 69 [Syriac].
    • Cyrus (Kyroš): J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 95, 100-103, 112 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Cyrus the Great” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/13700.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; gender assignment, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; and matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Laurel Kenner: Wikipedia matching
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Jessica Mutter: matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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