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| 1. | (“the Elder” or “the Great”) c600–529 b.c., king of Persia 558?–529: founder of the Persian empire. |
| 2. | (“the Younger”) 424?–401 b.c., Persian prince and satrap: leader of the armed conspiracy against his brother King Artaxerxes II. |
| 3. | a male given name: from an Old Persian word meaning “throne.” |
Cyrus the Younger
younger son of the Achaemenian king Darius II and his wife, Parysatis.
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