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C. E. ; REIGNED 559-530 B. C. E.)  \nThe early life of Cyrus the Persian, like that of many another famous conqueror, is lost in a cloud offable. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, to whom we owe the earliest account, Astyages the King of Media was warned in a dream that some danger threatened the kingdom from the offspring of his daughter Mandane, who as yet was unmarried. In order to remove the danger, whatever it might be, as far as possible from his throne, Astyages married his daughter to a Persian  \nnamed Cambyses, who took her with him to his own country. But after his daughter's marriage Astyages had another dream, which was interpreted by the priests to mean that his daughter's child was destined to reign in his stead.  \n1. The daughter of Astyages was called    \na. Cambyses  \nb. Harpagus  \nc. Herodotus  \nd. Mandane  \nCREATIVE EXPRESSION: Illustrate the dream ofAstyages.  \nAlarmed by this prophecy, Astyages sent for his daughter. When in the course of time she bore a son, he ordered his trusty lieutenant Harpagus to carry the child to his own house and kill it. Harpagus took the infant as he had been ordered to do, but moved by the pleadings of his wife, he determined to commit the rest of his bloody instructions to other hands. He therefore called one of his herdsmen, Mitridates, and ordered him to expose the child on the bleakest part of the mountain and leave it to perish, threatening him with the most terrible penalties in case of disobedience.  \n2. What was the name of the herdsman of Harpagus?  \na. Astyages  \nb. Cambyses  \nc. Cyrus  \nd. Mitridates  \nBut the herdsman and his wife were no more proof against pity than Harpagus and his wife had been, and while they stood swayed between their  \nwish to save the child and their fear of disobeying Harpagus, fortune happily provided an escape for them. The wife of the herdsman brought forth a dead child, and this they determined to substitute for the living infant, and to bring up the grandson of Astyages as their own. The exchange was accomplished, and after some days the servants of Harpagus, sent to inquire if their master's commands had been obeyed, were shown by the herdsman the body of a dead child exposed on the rocks and still wearing the rich clothes and ornaments in which it had been brought to his house. Harpagus was thus enabled to assure Astyages that he was safe from the threatened danger, and might enjoy his throne in peace.  \n3. Why were the herdsman and his  \nwife able to allow Mandane’s infant son to live?  \n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\nWORD SEARCH PUZZLE  \nA H C P R O P H E C Y RC Y R U S E X P O S E EO E I D R K I N G H J TB B A S T Y A G E S F SN O I M T N A F N I K AM A N D A N E L E W G M  \nAstyages Cyrus expose infant king Mandane  \nmaster obey Persia prophecy reign wish  \nWhen the child of Mandane was ten years old, an accident brought him to the knowledge of the king, and restored him to his birthright. One day he was playing with the children of his neighbors, and in a certain game where it was necessary to make one of the players king, Cyrus was chosen. All the others, as his subjects, promised to obey his commands. But one of the boys, the son of a rich noble of the court of Astyages, refused to do as he was bid by Cyrus, and according to the rule of the game, he had to submit to a beating at the hand of the boy-king. Angry at this treatment, he complained to his father, who, indignant in his turn, went to Astyages, and reproached him with the blows his son had received at the hands of the son of one of the king's slaves.  \n4. In the children’s game described,  \nwhat happens to a player who refuses to obey the king’s commands?  \n\n|  |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\nCyrus was brought before the king; but when he was asked how he had dared to treat the son of a nobleman in such a way, the boy, nothing daunted, answered that he had d","cbCaijAMK9iH7bA7","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijAMK9iH7bA7","pdf",319662,"English","# Reading Questions\n## Multiple-choice questions\n## Creative expression prompt\n# Word Search Puzzle\n## Story vocabulary","[{\"question\":\"Why did Astyages order Cyrus to be killed?\",\"answer\":\"A prophecy from a dream was interpreted to mean Mandane’s child would reign in Astyages’ stead, so he ordered the infant killed.\"},{\"question\":\"What allowed Cyrus to live despite the order to expose him?\",\"answer\":\"The herdsman and his wife substituted a dead child for the living infant and later kept the truth from Astyages when the servants inquired.\"},{\"question\":\"In the children’s game, what happens to a player who refuses to obey the “king” commands?\",\"answer\":\"The rules of the game require the refusing player to submit to a beating by the boy-king.\"}]","CYRUS THE GREAT - BIOGRAPHY WORKBOOK SERIES FOR HIGH SCHOOL | PDF",1792380566,25]