Cyrus the Younger
Achaemenid prince, satrap of Lydia from 408 to 401 BC / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cyrus the Younger (Old Persian: ๐ค๐ข๐ฝ๐ข๐ Kลซruลก; Greek: ฮแฟฆฯฮฟฯ Kyros; died 401 BC) was an Achaemenid prince and general. He ruled as satrap of Lydia and Ionia from 408 to 401 BC. Son of Darius II and Parysatis, he died in 401 BC in battle during a failed attempt to oust his elder brother, Artaxerxes II, from the Persian throne.
Cyrus the Younger ๐ค๐ข๐ฝ๐ข๐ | |
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Satrap of Lydia | |
Reign | 408โ401 BC |
Predecessor | Tissaphernes |
Successor | Tissaphernes |
Born | after 424 BC |
Died | 3 September, 401 BC |
Dynasty | Achaemenid |
Father | Darius II |
Mother | Parysatis |
Religion | Zoroastrianism |
The history of Cyrus and of the retreat of his Greek mercenaries is told by Xenophon in his Anabasis. Another account, probably from Sophaenetus of Stymphalus, was used by Ephorus.[1] Further information is contained in the excerpts from Artaxerxes II's physician, Ctesias, by Photius; Plutarchโs Lives of Artaxerxes II and Lysander; and Thucydides' History of Peloponnesian War.[2] These are the only early sources of information on Cyrus the Younger.