File:Standard of Cyrus the Great (Achaemenid Empire).svg

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Summary

Standard of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Zoroastrian Achaemenid Empire. Called the: Derafsh-e Shahbaz-e-Talayi or the Golden Falcon (Persian: درفش شاه‌باز طلایی).

  • The standard is described by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophon" class="extiw" title="en:Xenophon">Xenophon of Athens</a> in Cyropaedia (Book VII, C.1) as: "...and the word went down the lines, "Eyes on the standard and steady marching!". The standard was a golden eagle, with outspread wings, borne aloft on a long spear-shaft, and to this day such is the standard of the Persian king." (however here he is describing Artaxerxes II's standard at Cunaxa).

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current09:23, 3 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 09:23, 3 January 2017500 × 500 (61 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<b>Standard of Cyrus the Great</b>, founder of the Zoroastrian Achaemenid Empire. Called the: <i><b>Derafsh-e Shahbaz-e-Talayi</b></i> or the <i>Golden Falcon</i> (Persian: درفش شاه‌باز طلایی). <ul><li>The standard is described by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophon" class="extiw" title="en:Xenophon">Xenophon of Athens</a> in Cyropaedia (Book VII, C.1) as: <i>"...and the word went down the lines, "Eyes on the standard and steady marching!". The standard was a golden eagle, with outspread wings, borne aloft on a long spear-shaft, and to this day such is the standard of the Persian king."</i> (however here he is describing Artaxerxes II's standard at Cunaxa).</li></ul>
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