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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.
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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.
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 was a Persian satrap of coastal Asia Minor who supported Sparta in the Peloponnesian War. He was defeated and killed by Agesilaus II in 395 BC.
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.
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TISSAPHERNES (Pers. Cithrafarna), Persian soldier and statesman, son of Hydarnes. In 413 he was satrap of Lydia and Caria, and commander in chief of the Persian army in Asia Minor (Thuc. viii. 5).
