In the, academic and experiential, effort to offer reliable and viable suggestions to the current administrative challenges with a focus on the common good, the courses on "Classical Management and Administration" (undergraduate and graduate), that I have the pleasure of teaching with Professor Dimitrios Thomakos, strive to showcase every useful bit of classical administrative theory that is nowadays neglected. However, it appears that most of this theory has withstood the relentless passing of time and has thus been proven worthy of restoring to immediate prominence. "Attention needs to be called periodically to important old truths", as the revered polymath and Nobel laureate Herbert A. Simon once wrote - and important old truths are mighty strong for virtuous and inspirational leadership. In this same spirit, of old but important truths, we contemplate on Cyrus the Great enlightened leadership, as masterly crafted and presented in Xenophon's Cyropaedia. There, Cyrus is portrayed as a visionary leader, determined to bring groundbreaking change to the status quo of his era. Yet, in order to share his vision with his followers, and subsequently carry out the corresponding mission, he must inspire all those surrounding him.