Cyrus

Family: Persian · Role: king · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 1 · Part 3

In Book 1, Cyrus dethroned Croesus, overran the lands between the Halys and the sea, and reduced the coastal cities. During the reigns of Cyrus and his son Cambyses, the Ionians attained great naval strength.

In Book 2, Cyrus furnished funds for the Peloponnesian navy. The account also mentions Pharnabazus, who was to send them upcountry to the King.

Relationship record

Life events

• Cyrus dethroned Croesus and overran the lands between the Halys and the sea.(Book 1 · Chapter 1 · Part 3)
  • With: Croesus
  • “King Cyrus, who, after having dethroned Croesus and overrun everything between the Halys and the sea”
• Cyrus reduced the cities of the coast.(Book 1 · Chapter 1 · Part 3 · 📍 the coast)
  • “stopped not till he had reduced the cities of the coast”
• The Ionians attained great naval strength during the reigns of Cyrus and Cambyses.(Book 1 · Chapter 1 · Part 3)
  • With: Cambyses
  • “Subsequently the Ionians attained to great naval strength in the reign of Cyrus, the first king of the Persians, and of his son Cambyses”
• The Sicilian expedition failed, and the Athenians lost most of their fleet and other forces there.(Book 2 · Chapter 7 · Part 4 · 📍 Sicily)
  • “Yet after losing most of their fleet besides other forces in Sicily”

Book 1 · Chapter 1 · Part 3

• child: Cambyses “Subsequently the Ionians attained to great naval strength in the reign of Cyrus, the first king of the Persians, and of his son Cambyses, and while they were at war with the former commanded for a while the Ionian sea.”
• with Croesus (Cyrus dethroned Croesus.) “The power of the Ionians was advancing with rapid strides, when it came into collision with Persia, under King Cyrus, who, after having dethroned Croesus and overrun everything between the Halys and the sea, stopped not till he had reduced the cities of the coast;”
• enemies with Croesus “The power of the Ionians was advancing with rapid strides, when it came into collision with Persia, under King Cyrus, who, after having dethroned Croesus and overrun everything between the Halys and the sea, stopped not till he had reduced the cities of the coast; the islands being only left to be subdued by Darius and the Phoenician navy.”

Book 2 · Chapter 7 · Part 4

• with Pericles (They are described in contrasting roles in the war: Pericles foresaw an Athenian triumph, while Cyrus funded the opposing navy.) “and at last by the King’s son, Cyrus, who furnished the funds for the Peloponnesian navy.”
• with Pharnabazus (The envoys sought a route through Pharnabazus to the King; the passage does not state that Cyrus and Pharnabazus interacted.) “to Pharnabazus, who was to send them up the country to the King.”

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Extracted from the original text of History of the Peloponnesian War. Made with Rho MD.