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).
I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Fantasy Flag of Cyrus
Stendard of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achemenid Persian Empire. Called the: Derafsh-e Shahbaz-e-Talayi or the golden falcon (Persian: درفش شاه باز طلایی). The banner is described by Xenophon of Athens in Cyropedia (Book VII, C.1) as: "..
released into the public domain by the copyright holder<\/a>\u00a0\u0410\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0441\u04e3<\/sup>"}},"text\/plain":{"tg":{"P275":"released into the public domain by the copyright holder"}}}}" class="wbmi-entityview-statementsGroup wbmi-entityview-statementsGroup-P275 oo-ui-layout oo-ui-panelLayout oo-ui-panelLayout-framed">
original creation by uploader<\/a>\u00a0\u0410\u043d\u0433\u043b\u0438\u0441\u04e3<\/sup>"}},"text\/plain":{"tg":{"P7482":"original creation by uploader"}}}}" class="wbmi-entityview-statementsGroup wbmi-entityview-statementsGroup-P7482 oo-ui-layout oo-ui-panelLayout oo-ui-panelLayout-framed">
{{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