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Tissaphernes ( Old Persian: *Ciçafarnāʰ; Greek: Τισσαφέρνης; Lycian: 𐊋𐊆𐊈𐊈𐊀𐊓𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 Kizzaprñna, 𐊈𐊆𐊖𐊀𐊓𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 Zisaprñna; [1] 445 – 395 BC) was a Persian commander and statesman, Satrap of Lydia and Ionia. His life is mostly known from the works of Thucydides and Xenophon.
Tissaphernes (died 395 bc, Colossae, Phrygia [now in Turkey]) was a Persian satrap (governor) who played a leading part in Persia’s struggle to reconquer the Ionian Greek cities of Asia Minor that had been held by Athens since 449.
Overview. Tissaphernēs. Quick Reference. Having suppressed Pissuthnes' revolt, he succeeded him as satrap of Sardis ( c. 413 bc), receiving overall authority in western Anatolia.
Tissaphernes (c.445-395): Persian nobleman, satrap of Lydia. Early Career. The citadel of Sardes, seen from the west. Tissaphernes belonged to one of the most important Persian families.
Tissaphernes (tĬs´əfûr´nēz), 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.
Tissaphernes ( Old Persian: *Ciçafarnāʰ; Greek: Τισσαφέρνης; Lycian: 𐊋𐊆𐊈𐊈𐊀𐊓𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 Kizzaprñna, 𐊈𐊆𐊖𐊀𐊓𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 Zisaprñna; 445 – 395 BC) was a Persian commander and statesman, Satrap of Lydia and Ionia. His life is mostly known from the works of Thucydides and Xenophon.
DECLINE AND FALL OF TISSAPHERNES When Tissaphernes returned to the Aegean coastal area from Persia in 400 B. C., his prestige stood higher than at any other stage of his career. He had earned the gratitude of Artaxerxes by his timely warning of the attempt by Cyrus to usurp the throne, by his loyal support during the ensuing conflict,
Jun 20, 2024 · Of all the leading personalities who left their imprint on the history of the Peloponnesian war Tissaphernes was to Thucydides the most enigmatic.
Tissaphernes （ Τισσαφέρνης), a famous Persian, who in B. C. 414 was commissioned by Dareius II. (Nothus) to quell the rebellion of Pissuthnes, satrap of Lower Asia, and to succeed him in his government.
Jan 8, 2016 · Tissaphernes (d.395 BC) was the Persian satrap of Lydia and Caria in Asia Minor and played part in the defeat of Athens in the Great Peloponnesian War and the defeat of the revolt of Cyrus the Younger in 401, but was executed for his failures against the Spartans in 395.
