“And if the novel [The Education of Cyrus] remains dull by modern standards, we have to remind ourselves Xenophon didn't set out to write a "novel" — there was no such thing yet in his culture — but was feeling his way to a new form somewhere between factual history and fanciful epic. Our hat is always off to innovators.” NovelInnovatorsXenophon Book:The Novel: An Alternative History: Beginnings to 1600 Source: The Novel: An Alternative History: Beginnings to 1600