File:Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg

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Fantasy Flag of Cyrus

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English: Standard of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Called the: Derafsh-e Shahbaz-e-Talayi or the Golden Falcon (Persian: درفش شاه‌باز طلایی).
  • The standard is described by Xenophon of Athens 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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current09:31, 5 April 2020Thumbnail for version as of 09:31, 5 April 2020500 × 500 (15 KB)Behnam N (talk | contribs)-
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11:23, 4 February 2010Thumbnail for version as of 11:23, 4 February 2010500 × 500 (62 KB)Sodacan (talk | contribs)beak
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22:36, 20 October 2009Thumbnail for version as of 22:36, 20 October 2009500 × 500 (72 KB)Sodacan (talk | contribs){{Information |Description={{en|1=Standard of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Called the: ''Derafsh-e Shahbaz-e-Talayi'' or the 'Golden Falcon'. The standard is described by Xenophon in Cyropaedia (Book VII, C.1) as: ''"...and the word

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