army of Cyrus the Younger
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The army of Cyrus the Younger was the multinational force of Greek mercenaries and Persian troops that backed Cyrus’s failed bid for the Persian throne and whose retreat was famously chronicled in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| army of Cyrus the Younger canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T606682 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: army of Cyrus the Younger Context triple: [Xenophon, servedIn, army of Cyrus the Younger]
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A.
Bardiya
Bardiya was a son of the Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great who briefly and controversially claimed the Persian throne in the late 6th century BCE.
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B.
Athenian army
The Athenian army was the land-based military force of ancient Athens, composed largely of citizen-soldiers who defended the city-state and fought in its numerous wars across classical Greece.
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C.
Janissaries
The Janissaries were an elite infantry corps of the Ottoman Empire, originally composed of enslaved Christian youths, that became one of the most powerful military and political institutions in the empire.
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D.
Cambyses II
Cambyses II was a king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, best known for succeeding Cyrus the Great and conquering Egypt in the 6th century BCE.
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E.
Eskandar
Eskandar is a Persian and Arabic form of the name Alexander, commonly used in historical and literary contexts to refer to Alexander the Great.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: army of Cyrus the Younger Target entity description: The army of Cyrus the Younger was the multinational force of Greek mercenaries and Persian troops that backed Cyrus’s failed bid for the Persian throne and whose retreat was famously chronicled in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
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A.
Bardiya
Bardiya was a son of the Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great who briefly and controversially claimed the Persian throne in the late 6th century BCE.
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B.
Athenian army
The Athenian army was the land-based military force of ancient Athens, composed largely of citizen-soldiers who defended the city-state and fought in its numerous wars across classical Greece.
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C.
Janissaries
The Janissaries were an elite infantry corps of the Ottoman Empire, originally composed of enslaved Christian youths, that became one of the most powerful military and political institutions in the empire.
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D.
Cambyses II
Cambyses II was a king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, best known for succeeding Cyrus the Great and conquering Egypt in the 6th century BCE.
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E.
Eskandar
Eskandar is a Persian and Arabic form of the name Alexander, commonly used in historical and literary contexts to refer to Alexander the Great.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mercenary army
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military force ⓘ |
| aftermath |
Greek mercenaries stranded deep in Persian territory
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long retreat to the Black Sea ⓘ |
| approximateSize |
about 10,000 Greek mercenaries
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tens of thousands of Persian and allied troops ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cyrus the Younger’s revolt
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surface form:
Achaemenid civil war
Spartan military tradition ⓘ Ten Thousand ⓘ |
| chronicledIn | Anabasis ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Ariaeus
ⓘ
Clearchus of Sparta ⓘ
surface form:
Cheirisophus the Spartan
Clearchus of Sparta ⓘ Cyrus the Younger ⓘ Menon of Thessaly ⓘ Proxenus of Boeotia ⓘ Socrates of Achaea ⓘ Xenias of Parrhasia ⓘ |
| conflictType | dynastic struggle in the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Xenophon ⓘ |
| financedBy | Cyrus the Younger ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Anatolian contingents
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Greek mercenaries ⓘ Persian troops ⓘ cavalry ⓘ hoplites ⓘ infantry ⓘ peltasts ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
march from Sardis to Cunaxa
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retreat of the Ten Thousand ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Achaemenid Empire
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Asia Minor ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Artaxerxes II
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surface form:
Artaxerxes II of Persia
|
| outcome |
death of Cyrus the Younger at Cunaxa
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strategic failure ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Battle of Cunaxa
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Cyrus the Younger’s revolt ⓘ |
| partOf | campaign of Cyrus the Younger ⓘ |
| purpose |
to depose Artaxerxes II
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to secure the Persian throne for Cyrus the Younger ⓘ |
| recruitedFrom |
Greek city-states
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Ionia ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ |
| supports | Cyrus the Younger ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
401 BCE
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5th century BCE ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: army of Cyrus the Younger Description of subject: The army of Cyrus the Younger was the multinational force of Greek mercenaries and Persian troops that backed Cyrus’s failed bid for the Persian throne and whose retreat was famously chronicled in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
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