Education of Cyrus Step Three Exercise
Annotated below you will see specific Cyrus' specific character traits and the character traits that all Persian young men are trained to possess. For each trait explain whether the trait is or is not particularly necessary for global leadership.
What indication does Xenophon give that the Persian educational system (agoge) is designed to train global leaders? If it is not designed to train global leaders, what kind of leaders do you think it is designed to train?
Does Cyrus come across as more masculine than feminine or more feminine than masculine, according to your understanding of these terms?