A 29-Foot Bronze Statue of Cyrus the Great Goes Up in Atlanta
In short
- Crews installed a 29-foot bronze statue of Cyrus the Great at Pardis Park this week.
- Cyrus the Great ruled Persia around 2,500 years ago and is remembered for tolerance.
- The source describes the statue as one of the largest of its kind but the text is cut off.
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The statue brings a figure from ancient Persia into a public space in an American city. People who worked for years to bring it to Atlanta say it is a fitting place for him. The source text is short, so the wider meaning is for readers to judge.
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A statue of an ancient Persian king might seem like an unlikely addition to the city of Atlanta. To the people who spent years bringing him here, there’s no more fitting place in America. This week, crews installed a 29-foot bronze statue of Cyrus the Great at Pardis Park. It’s now one of the largest […] The post A Towering Figure of Tolerance From 2,500 Years Ago Has Found a New Home in Atlanta appeared first on Good News Network .
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A long time ago, a king named Cyrus ruled a land called Persia. People remember him as a king who let people live by their own beliefs. This week, a big bronze statue of him was put up in a park in Atlanta. Can you think of a statue you have seen, and what it teaches us?
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