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Achaemenid Education: Training Princes and Scribes for Empire
What did it take to educate the future rulers and administrators of the world's first superpower? In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Achaemenid Persian approach to education — from the royal curriculum for princes at court, taught by magi and eunuchs, to the training of scribes in cuneiform and Aramaic. We look at the role of the 'royal tutors' like the sage Ostanes, and how Persian nobles learned to ride, shoot the bow, and tell the truth — the famous triad of Zoroastrian virtue. Drawing on Greek sources like Strabo and Plato, as well as the Persepolis Fortification Tablets, the…
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