Tissaphernes

Tissaphernes
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	Achaemenid Empire
Battles/wars	Battle of Cunaxa

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. 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.