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Tissaphernes
Sign in to saveTissaphernes (; ; , ; 445395 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.
Person
- Born
- 0445-01-01
- Died
- 0395-01-01
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Key facts
- Officeholder.allegiance
- 20px Achaemenid Empire
- Officeholder.name
- Tissaphernes
- Officeholder.termstart
- 415 BC
- Officeholder.death_place
- Colossae, Phrygia, Persian Empire(modern-day Honaz, Denizli, Turkey)
- Officeholder.caption
- 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.
- Officeholder.termend1
- 395 BC
- Officeholder.termstart1
- 400 BC
- Officeholder.termend
- 408 BC
- Officeholder.image
- Tissaphernes_portrait.jpg
- Officeholder.birth_date
- 445 BC
- Officeholder.successor1
- Tiribazus
- Officeholder.successor
- Cyrus the Younger
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 445 BCE
- Died
- 1 January 395 BCE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Colossae
- Father
- Hydarnes III
- Sibling
- Teritouchmes
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- satrap
- Image
- Tissaphernes portrait.jpg
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- Civil war
- Later life and death
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Tissaphernes (; ; , ; 445395 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.
== Etymology == Čiçafarnah (čiça + farnah) "with shining splendor": čiça is from the Proto-Indo-European adjective (s)koitrós 'bright'; farnah is equivalent to Avestan xvarənah 'fortune', 'glory', which appears as 'luminous'. čiθra means nature, specifically the animate nature.