You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and benevolent, be assu… - Cyrus the Great

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You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and benevolent, be assured they will augment your power and happiness.

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About Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great, also Cyrus II (c. 600 – 530 BC) was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the patron and deliverer of the Jews.

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Native Name: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁
Alternative Names: Cyrus II of Persia Cyrus the Elder Cyrus Cyrus II Kurosh Cyrus II the Elder King Cyrus King Cyrus the Great King of Persia Cyrus Kabir Kurushi King of Persia Cyrus II King of Persia Cyrus the Great King of Persia Siroe King of Persia Kyros
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I am Cyrus, King of the World, Great King, Mighty King, King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the Four Quarters, the son of Cambyses, Great King, King of Anšan, grandson of Cyrus, Great King, King of Anšan, descendant of Teispes, Great King, King of Anšan, of an eternal line of kingship, whose rule Bêl and Nabu love, whose kingship they desire for their hearts' pleasure. When I entered Babylon in a peaceful manner, I took up my lordly abode in the royal palace amidst rejoicing and happiness. Marduk, the great lord, established as his fate for me a magnanimous heart of one who loves Babylon, and I daily attended to his worship.

From [Babylon] to Aššur and (from) Susa, Agade, Ešnunna, Zamban, Me-Turnu, Der, as far as the region of Gutium, the sacred centers on the other side of the Tigris, whose sanctuaries had been abandoned for a long time, I returned the images of the gods, who had resided there, to their places and I let them dwell in eternal abodes. I gathered all their inhabitants and returned to them their dwellings. In addition, at the command of Marduk, the great lord, I settled in their habitations, in pleasing abodes, the gods of Sumer and Akkad, whom Nabonidus, to the anger of the lord of the gods, had brought into Babylon.

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