# Cyrus — Histories character guide

> Cyrus in Histories by Herodotus.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Cambyses, Smerdis, king Cambyses

**First appearance:** 0002-book-i-clio

## Who they are

Founder of the Persian Empire; central figure in early books.

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