Larissa was the birthplace of Meno, who As a result turned, in addition to Xenophon and a few Many others, one of many generals leading many thousands Greeks from different sites, inside the unwell-fated expedition of 401 (retold in Xenophon's Anabasis) intended to help Cyrus the Youthful, son of Darius II, king of Persia, overthrow his elder broth