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Tissaphernes , d. 395 BC, Persian satrap of coastal Asia Minor (c.413-395 BC). He was encouraged by Alcibiades (412) to intervene in the Peloponnesian War in support of Sparta. Out of favor with Cyrus the Younger , he rebuilt his fortunes by siding with Artaxerxes II and helping him to defeat Cyrus in the battle of Cunaxa (401). He pursued the retreating Greek allies (the Ten Thousand) and treacherously murdered Clearchus and four other Greek leaders ( Xenophon ). Tissaphernes and Pharnabazus were the chief figures in Artaxerxes' reign. After Tissaphernes asserted supremacy over the Ionian cities, he was involved in war with the Spartans, and Agesilaus II defeated him in 395. He was removed from office and assassinated.
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Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News May 1, 2008 700+ words ...ruled a good part of western Asia during the sixth to fourth centuries BC. The topics include Xenophon's wicked Persian Tissaphernes, Darius I in Egypt, the philosopher's Zarathushtra, and early European visitors to the ruins of Persepolis. Some of... |
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Agesilaus II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...s promises, and in 396 BC Agesilaus went there to oppose the Persian satraps Tissaphernes and Pharnabazus by attacking them. He managed to rout Tissaphernes, but Persian naval power drove him back to Greece, where he won (394 BC) a hollow... |
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Xenophon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...commanders were treacherously murdered by the Persian satrap Tissaphernes, and Xenophon was elected general. The Spartan general...others joined the Lacedaemonian Thibron, who warred against Tissaphernes and Pharnabazus. We have no knowledge of Xenophon's activities... |
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Cyrus the Younger
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Darius died (404 BC) and was accused (probably justly) by Tissaphernes of a plot to murder his elder brother and the legitimate...was marched E from Sardis to Tarsus and then into Syria. Tissaphernes rushed to court with the news, and Artaxerxes set out to... |
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Cunaxa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Xenophon in the Anabasis. Clearchus , Spartan mercenary leader under Cyrus, chose to attack the Persian left wing (under Tissaphernes), which he completely routed and pursued. When he and his Ten Thousand returned, they found that Cyrus had fought hard... |
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