
110 Xenophon and "The Ten Thousand"
The History of Ancient Greece
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Cyrus and Tissa Faranese
Artezorxes was on his way to Pissarjidai, where he would receive the royal initiation at the hands of the Persian priests. Cyrus' plot was revealed by Tissa Faranese who had lost his lands to Cyrus and then became an advisor in the Kings court. It's impossible to know whether Cyrus actually launched a coup or Tissa Fara made it up to get rid of a rival. Regardless, when Tissa brought forward witnesses who claimed to have knowledge of the plot, Cyrus was immediately arrested on charges of treason. The intercession of their mother, Perry Satis, that he was pardoned and sent back to a satrapy.
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