Clearchus of Sparta

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5th-century BC Spartan Spartan general ancient Greek person mercenary leader military commander

Clearchus of Sparta was a 5th-century BC Spartan general best known for commanding Greek mercenaries in Cyrus the Younger's campaign against Artaxerxes II, as famously recounted in Xenophon's Anabasis.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Clearchus of Sparta canonical	6
Cheirisophus the Spartan	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	5th-century BC Spartan ⓘ Spartan general ⓘ ancient Greek person ⓘ mercenary leader ⓘ military commander ⓘ
activeInCentury	5th century BC ⓘ
allegiance	Cyrus the Younger ⓘ Sparta ⓘ
armyComponentCommanded	Greek heavy infantry ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	retreat of the Ten Thousand ⓘ surface form: march of the Ten Thousand
capturedBy	Tissaphernes ⓘ
citizenship	Sparta ⓘ
commandedForceType	Greek mercenaries ⓘ
conflict	Persian civil war between Cyrus the Younger and Artaxerxes II ⓘ
contemporaryOf	Artaxerxes II ⓘ surface form: Artaxerxes II of Persia Cyrus the Younger ⓘ Xenophon ⓘ
deathCause	execution ⓘ
deathContext	after being seized during negotiations with Tissaphernes ⓘ
ethnicity	Greek ⓘ
executedBy	Tissaphernes ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Classical Greece ⓘ
knownFor	appearance in Xenophon’s Anabasis ⓘ commanding Greek mercenaries for Cyrus the Younger ⓘ role in the campaign against Artaxerxes II of Persia ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy	key figure in the story of the Ten Thousand ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
militarySpecialty	hoplite warfare ⓘ
militaryTactics	emphasis on discipline and formation in battle ⓘ
notableTrait	experienced mercenary commander ⓘ strict disciplinarian ⓘ
notedIn	classical Greek historiography ⓘ
opposedRuler	Artaxerxes II ⓘ surface form: Artaxerxes II of Persia
participatedIn	Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ Cyrus the Younger’s campaign against Artaxerxes II ⓘ
politicalContext	relations between Sparta and the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Asia Minor ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ
roleAtBattleOfCunaxa	commander of the Greek right wing ⓘ
servedUnder	Cyrus the Younger ⓘ
sourceMention	Anabasis ⓘ surface form: Xenophon’s Anabasis

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anabasis → historicalFigureDepicted → Clearchus of Sparta ⓘ

army of Cyrus the Younger → commandedBy → Clearchus of Sparta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cheirisophus the Spartan

Battle of Cunaxa → commander → Clearchus of Sparta ⓘ

the Ten Thousand → leader → Clearchus of Sparta ⓘ

subject surface form: Ten Thousand

Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries → commandedBy → Clearchus of Sparta ⓘ

Cyrus the Younger’s revolt → notableCommander → Clearchus of Sparta ⓘ