Tissaphernes | |
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 Portrait of Tissaphernes (445 BC–395 BC), from his coinage. Most of his coins are inscribed ΤΙΣΣΑ ("TISSA") in Greek under his portrait, permitting identification. | |
| Satrap of Lydia | |
| In office 415 BC – 408 BC | |
| Preceded by | Pissuthnes |
| Succeeded by | Cyrus the Younger |
| In office 400 BC – 395 BC | |
| Preceded by | Cyrus the Younger |
| Succeeded by | Tiribazus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 445 BC |
| Died | 395 BC (aged 50) Colossae, Phrygia, Persian Empire (modern-day Honaz, Denizli, Turkey) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | .svg){kind=small} Achaemenid Empire |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Cunaxa |
Tissaphernes (Old Persian: *Ciçafarnāʰ; ‹See Tfd›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. 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.