Menon of Thessaly

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ancient Greek general historical figure mercenary leader

Menon of Thessaly was a 5th-century BC Thessalian general and mercenary leader best known as one of the Greek commanders in Cyrus the Younger's campaign against Artaxerxes II, later chronicled in Xenophon's Anabasis.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Menon of Thessaly canonical	2
Menon	1

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek general ⓘ historical figure ⓘ mercenary leader ⓘ
activePeriod	5th century BC ⓘ
allegiance	Cyrus the Younger ⓘ
associatedWith	Greek mercenaries in Persian service ⓘ Thessalian military tradition ⓘ
era	Classical Greece ⓘ
ethnicity	Greek ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
geographicalContext	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Asia Minor ⓘ Persia ⓘ
historicalSource	classical Greek historiography ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the Greek commanders in Cyrus the Younger's campaign against Artaxerxes II ⓘ participation in the events later chronicled in Xenophon's Anabasis ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mentionedBy	Xenophon ⓘ
mentionedIn	Anabasis ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
notableEvent	marched inland with the Ten Thousand after the Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ
occupation	mercenary commander ⓘ soldier ⓘ
opposed	Artaxerxes II ⓘ surface form: Artaxerxes II of Persia
origin	Thessaly ⓘ
participatedIn	Cyrus the Younger's campaign against Artaxerxes II ⓘ retreat of the Ten Thousand ⓘ surface form: expedition of the Ten Thousand
timeContext	Peloponnesian War ⓘ surface form: Peloponnesian War era

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Input

Subject: Menon of Thessaly
Description of subject: Menon of Thessaly was a 5th-century BC Thessalian general and mercenary leader best known as one of the Greek commanders in Cyrus the Younger's campaign against Artaxerxes II, later chronicled in Xenophon's Anabasis.

Referenced by (3)

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

army of Cyrus the Younger → commandedBy → Menon of Thessaly ⓘ

the Ten Thousand → leader → Menon of Thessaly ⓘ

subject surface form: Ten Thousand

this entity surface form: Menon

Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries → commandedBy → Menon of Thessaly ⓘ