Life of Cyrus the Great versified

TEHRAN,Feb.17(MNA) -- An Iranian poet has recently versified the life story of Cyrus the Great (c600–529 BC), king of Persia and the founder of the Persian Empire. “The Versified Story of the Achaemenid Cyrus” is in rhymed couplets, Peyman Motamedi told on Saturday. Afsar, a publishing company in Isfahan, will soon release the book, he added. “Little has been done on this issue. So I decided to compose the versified work. In addition, I have been interested in poetry since my youth,” Motamedi, 47, said. He used works of the Greek historian and essayist, Xenophon (ca. 430– ca.355 BC), to write the work. Motamedi said that he also plans to versify the history of Iran in the future.