Abstract
This chapter considers Cyrus the Great, and how he is represented in Greek literature, especially Herodotus, Xenophon and Plato. It argues that Cyrus was generally represented as an ideal king who gave to the Persians freedom, an important Greek political value. Nevertheless, it remained central that Cyrus was also an oriental monarch and like all other oriental monarchs in Greek literature and thought, experienced the vicissitudes and weaknesses of Asian kings. In this way, in the context of Athenian democracy, Cyrus provided a convenient lens at one remove through which the potentialities and problems of monarchy could be tested.
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