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58Xenophon: Anabasis Book I
Clearchus (5th Century B.C.), Spar tan general, whose tyrannical rule of Byzantium resulted in his overthrow. He joined Cyrus's Persian army, assisting him in the "expedition of the ten thousand" against his brother, King Artaxerxes. On the death of Cyrus at the battle of Cunaxa, 401 B.C., Clear chus assumed command, but was captured and executed by Artaxerxes.
54Xenophon: Anabasis Book II
Anabasis, translated usually as The March Inland, is a work in seven books by the Greek historian Xenophon (430 to 354 B.C.). It relates the adventures of a Greek expeditionary force in the campaign of Cyrus...
55Xenophon: Anabasis Book III
Tissaphernees (died 395 B.C.), was a Persian general and diplomat. When he became satrap of Lydia and Caria in 413 B.C., he drew Persia into the Peloponnesian War as an ally of Sparta against Athens, but his...
