Cyrus the Great: Life and Lore

This new critical edition and translation of the Cyrus Cylinder discusses important pieces on Mesopotamian antecedents to Cyrus's edict and religious policy; Baupolitik at Pasargadae; the Babylonian exile; the genesis of Persian imperial art; Cyrus's conflicted image in the later Greco-Roman world; and more. 250 pages, softcover. Harvard University.