THE MEDIAN AND THE CYROPAEDIA OP XENOPHON. 29 



But in Dan. vi, 28, the translation is not in any way tied to 

 " reign " but is an open question, because either " reign " or 

 " reahn " would make sense. As according to the view of the 

 history, however, held by the writer of this paper, the reign 

 of Darius (in Media) and the reign of Cyrus the Persian (in 

 Babylon) were not successive but concurrent ones, the right 

 translation in accordance with the history would be "So this 

 Daniel prospered in the realm of Darius and in the realm of 

 Cyrus the Persian." 



Conclusion. 



It would seem, then, from the narrative of Xenophon, that, on 

 the one hand, Cyaxares (Darius the Median) gave Cyrus all Media 

 as his daughter's dowry, whilst on the other hand Cyrus assigned 

 to Cyaxares a Residence and Government offices — which would 

 imply authority — in Babylon, thus in a friendly, though perhaps 

 irregular way, associating him with himself in the kingdom. 

 And these friendly relations, which Xenophon represents as 

 existing between Cyaxares and Cyrus, correspond exactly with 

 the condition of union and brotherhood which is found existing 

 between the Medes and Persians after the fall of the Babylonian 

 Empire. Thus the narrative of Xenophon accounts for the 

 historical situation ; and receives from that fact additional 

 confirmation. 



Cyrus was indeed the noblest, the most gracious, and the 

 most chivalric ruler that ever in the history of the world won and 

 ruled a mighty empire. Centuries before what is Imown as the 

 Age of Cavalry he was inspired by all that was highest and 

 purest in its spirit :— One might say of him — to use the 

 language of old Chaucer — " He was almost a parfait gentle 

 knight." 



The Ch.airman gave his views with regard to some of the 

 more important points dealt with '"n the paper. The Babylonian 

 inscriptions, lie said, only specxkof Gobryas — there is no reference 

 to Cyaxares ms either king or even governc.r of Babylon. See 

 his Old Testament iyi the Light of the Records, pp. 415 ff. ; " The 

 Capture of Babylon by Cyrus," etc., in the Transactions of the 

 Society of Biblical Archceology VII, Part I, 1880; "Recent 



