Proxenus of Boeotia

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ancient Greek general historical figure mercenary leader

Proxenus of Boeotia was a Greek general and mercenary leader who served under Cyrus the Younger during his campaign against Artaxerxes II, as recounted by Xenophon in the Anabasis.

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Label Occurrences
Proxenus of Boeotia canonical 2

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek general ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
mercenary leader ⓘ
activity served as a general in the army of Cyrus the Younger ⓘ
allegiance Cyrus the Younger ⓘ
associatedWith Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries ⓘ
surface form: Ten Thousand (Greek mercenaries)
conflict campaign of Cyrus the Younger against Artaxerxes II of Persia ⓘ
ethnicity Greek ⓘ
historicalContext Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: late Achaemenid Persian Empire
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mentionedBy Xenophon ⓘ
mentionedIn Anabasis ⓘ
militaryCampaign Cyrus the Younger's campaign against Artaxerxes II ⓘ
notableFor participation in Cyrus the Younger's failed bid for the Persian throne ⓘ
occupation general ⓘ
mercenary commander ⓘ
soldier of fortune ⓘ
opposedRuler Artaxerxes II ⓘ
surface form: Artaxerxes II of Persia
origin Boeotia ⓘ
primarySource Anabasis ⓘ
surface form: Xenophon's Anabasis
region Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
role commander of Greek mercenaries ⓘ
servedUnder Cyrus the Younger ⓘ
source classical Greek historiography ⓘ
timePeriod 5th century BC ⓘ

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Proxenus of Boeotia
Description of subject: Proxenus of Boeotia was a Greek general and mercenary leader who served under Cyrus the Younger during his campaign against Artaxerxes II, as recounted by Xenophon in the Anabasis.

Referenced by (2)

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

army of Cyrus the Younger → commandedBy → Proxenus of Boeotia ⓘ
Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries → commandedBy → Proxenus of Boeotia ⓘ