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1. Of Darius[1] and Parysatis were born two sons,[2] the elderArtaxerxes,[3] and the younger Cyrus. After Darius had fallen sick, andsuspected that the end of his life was approaching, he was desirous thatboth of his sons should attend him.
2. The elder then happened to be present; Cyrus he sent for from theprovince of which he had made him satrap. He had also appointed himcommander of all the forces that muster in the plain of Castolus.[4][Pg 2]
Cyrus accordingly went up, taking with him Tissaphernes as a friend, andhaving also with him three hundred heavy-armed Greeks,[5] and Xenias ofParrhasia,[6] their captain.
3. But when Darius was dead, and Artaxerxes was placed upon the throne,Tissaphernes br