File:Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg

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DescriptionStandard of Cyrus the Great.svg	English: Standard of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Called the: Derafsh-e Shahbaz-e-Talayi or the Golden Falcon (Persian: درفش شاه‌باز طلایی). The standard is described by Xenophon of Athens in Cyropaedia (Book VII, C.1) as: "...and the word went down the lines, "Eyes on the standard and steady marching!". The standard was a golden eagle, with outspread wings, borne aloft on a long spear-shaft, and to this day such is the standard of the Persian king." (however here he is describing Artaxerxes II's standard at Cunaxa).
Date	20 October 2009
Source	Own work, Based on: [1]
Author	Sodacan
Other versions	Blue Golden Falcon

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current	02:43, 8 July 2024	500 × 500 (61 KB)	NoSeeNoBye	Reverted to version as of 04:50, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
	09:31, 5 April 2020	500 × 500 (15 KB)	Behnam N	-
	04:50, 11 March 2012	500 × 500 (61 KB)	Fry1989	fix
	11:23, 4 February 2010	500 × 500 (62 KB)	Sodacan	beak
	11:47, 3 February 2010	500 × 500 (62 KB)	Sodacan	minor changes
	22:36, 20 October 2009	500 × 500 (72 KB)	Sodacan	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=Standard of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Called the: ''Derafsh-e Shahbaz-e-Talayi'' or the 'Golden Falcon'. The standard is described by Xenophon in Cyropaedia (Book VII, C.1) as: ''"...and the word