Larissa was the birthplace of Meno, who thus grew to become, in addition to Xenophon and a few Some others, one of the generals main many countless numbers Greeks from a variety of locations, from the unwell-fated expedition of 401 (retold in Xenophon's Anabasis) meant to help Cyrus the Younger, son of Darius II, king of Persia, overthrow his elder