Larissa was the birthplace of Meno, who thus became, together with Xenophon and some Other folks, one of many generals main many thousands Greeks from several places, from the unwell-fated expedition of 401 (retold in Xenophon's Anabasis) meant to help Cyrus the More youthful, son of Darius II, king of Persia, overthrow his elder brother Artaxerxes