A few days ago, I promised to write a post about Greek history and the story behind the book. As Frostie has noticed, the map of Pearseus is essentially that of Greece and Asia Minor. I even called my book Rise of the Prince, in a nod to Herodotus’ seminal work, Cyrus the Great and Rise of Persia. But who was Cyrus, and who was this Herodotus everyone keeps talking about?
Herodotus is a story-teller. He tells the story of Cyrus the Great, grandson of Astyax, king of the Medes. When Astyax has a dream that his baby grandson will destroy him, he orders him killed. He gives the order to his most trusted general, Arpax. In what could be a precursor of Snow White, the general takes instead the boy to a shepherd, whose wife had just given birth to a stillborn baby. The couple raise him…
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