Tissaphernes

Tissaphernes (Ancient Greek: Τισσαφέρνης; Old Persian Čiçafarnah, Aramaic Ššprn, Lycian Kizzaprñna, Zisaprñna) (445 BC – 395 BC) was a Persian soldier and statesman, Satrap of Lydia. His life is mostly known from the works of Thucydides and Xenophon. According to Ctesias, he was the son of Hidarnes III and therefore the great grandson of Hydarnes, one of the six conspirators who had supported the rise of Darius the Great.

Tissaphernes

Tissaphernes (Ancient Greek: Τισσαφέρνης; Old Persian Čiçafarnah, Aramaic Ššprn, Lycian Kizzaprñna, Zisaprñna) (445 BC – 395 BC) was a Persian soldier and statesman, Satrap of Lydia. His life is mostly known from the works of Thucydides and Xenophon. According to Ctesias, he was the son of Hidarnes III and therefore the great grandson of Hydarnes, one of the six conspirators who had supported the rise of Darius the Great.