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Tissaphernes (tĭs'əfûr`nēz), 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. Out of favor with Cyrus the Younger 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.
..... Click the link for more information. , he rebuilt his fortunes by siding with Artaxerxes II and helping him to defeat Cyrus in the battle of Cunaxa Cunaxa (ky
..... Click the link for more information. (401). He pursued the retreating Greek allies (the Ten Thousand) and treacherously murdered Clearchus Clearchus (klēär`kəs), d. 401 B.C., Spartan officer, celebrated as the leader of the Ten Thousand.
..... Click the link for more information. and four other Greek leaders (Xenophon Xenophon (zĕn`əfən), c.430 B.C.–c.355 B.C., Greek historian, b. Athens.
..... Click the link for more information. ). 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 Agesilaus II (əjĕ'sĭlā`əs), c.444–360 B.C., king of Sparta. After the death of Agis I (398? B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. defeated him in 395. He was removed from office and assassinated.