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Cyrus the Younger, d. 401 B.C., Persian prince, younger son of Darius II and Parysatis. He was his mother's favorite, and she managed to get several satrapies in Asia Minor for him when he was very young. His friendship toward Lysander Lysander , d. 395 B.C., Spartan naval commander and statesman. Toward the end of the Peloponnesian War he was made admiral and built up the Spartan fleet so that it defeated (407 B.C.) the Athenians off Notium. Later he was responsible for the capture (405 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. helped Sparta achieve victory in the Peloponnesian War. Cyrus was at court when Darius died (404 B.C.) and was accused (probably justly) by Tissaphernes Tissaphernes , d. 395 B.C., Persian satrap of coastal Asia Minor (c.413–395 B.C.). He was encouraged by Alcibiades (412) to intervene in the Peloponnesian War in support of Sparta.
..... Click the link for more information. of a plot to murder his elder brother and the legitimate heir, Artaxerxes II Artaxerxes II, d. 358 B.C., king of ancient Persia (404–358 B.C.), son and successor of Darius II. He is sometimes called in Greek Artaxerxes Mnemon [the thoughtful]. Early in his reign Cyrus the Younger attempted to assassinate him and seize the throne.
..... Click the link for more information. . Cyrus was saved only by the pleas of his mother and was restored to his satrapies. He began careful plans for a rebellion. He collected an army and through Clearchus Clearchus , d. 401 B.C., Spartan officer, celebrated as the leader of the Ten Thousand. Sent in 410 to govern Byzantium, he made himself unpopular by his harsh discipline, and Alcibiades took the city in 408 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. hired a large troop of Greek mercenaries (the Ten Thousand) for the campaign. On the pretext of setting out to put down brigands in Pisidia, the army was marched E from Sardis to Tarsus and then into Syria. Tissaphernes rushed to court with the news, and Artaxerxes set out to meet the rebels. Many of Cyrus' men threatened mutiny when they learned of his true intent, but they were won over by his charm and bravery and proceeded to fight. Cyrus was killed in the battle of Cunaxa Cunaxa , ancient town of Babylonia, near the Euphrates River, NE of Ctesiphon. It was the scene of a battle (401 B.C.) between Cyrus the Younger and Artaxerxes II, described by Xenophon in the Anabasis.
..... Click the link for more information. . The loss was followed by the heroic retreat of the Ten Thousand. The revolt of Cyrus and the battle of Cunaxa were the basis for Xenophon's celebrated prose history, Anabasis.

Cyrus the Younger

Date of birth unknown; died 401 B.C. Vicegerent (satrap) in 408 or 407–401 in Asia Minor (Lydia, Greater Phrygia, and Cappadocia). Son of Darius II.

Cyrus attempted to seize the throne after his brother Artaxerxes II became king of the Achaemenid state in 404. Having gathered a large army, Cyrus advanced against Artaxerxes II from Sardis to Babylonia, but he was killed in the battle of Cunaxa and his army was defeated. These events are described by Xenophon in his Anabasis.

REFERENCE

Solomonik, E. I. “Kir Mladshii.” Uch. zap. LGU: Seriia istorich. nauk, 1941, issue 10.

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amid the detritus of the recently ended twenty-seven-year-long war between Athens and Sparta, about 13,000 Greek mercenary soldiers marched eastward in the pay of the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger.

Thalatta! Thalatta! by Hanson, Victor Davis / New Criterion

Xenophon was one of the well-to-do disciples of Socrates who left Athens to serve with the Greek contingent "the Ten Thousand" raised by Cyrus the Younger of Persia against Artaxersus.

Leadership insights of Xenophon by Enzenauer, Robert W. / Physician Executive