The Garden of Cyrus

II.

That the gardens original: "plantations" of Cyrus Cyrus: likely referring to Cyrus the Younger, whose gardens were famously described by the Greek historian Xenophon, though the author also alludes to Cyrus the Great were not a matter of mere chance original: "liberty of fortune", but the careful original: "circumspect" design of an expert mind—or that he was particularly fond of original: "indulgent unto" this quincuncial quincuncial: arranged in a quincunx, a pattern of five points with one in each corner and one in the center, like the five-spot on a die or most orderly arrangement of trees—is a view supported by history. The example set by his ancestors original: "the step of his Ancestors" and his own education might have also helped to incline him toward this preference.

Whether the "Garden of the Quincunx" was the intention of the first Cyrus Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire, although some believe it was the work of the later Cyrus Cyrus the Younger, a Persian prince and general, we shall not examine separately. However, that it was used by both seems to be beyond all doubt. Regarding the first Cyrus—whom the Greeks called "the Elder" and the Persians called "the Father"—his upbringing and his delight in the rural and garden culture of his ancestors likely encouraged this pursuit.