Larissa was the birthplace of Meno, who So grew to become, as well as Xenophon and some Other people, one of the generals primary quite a few 1000's Greeks from many spots, within the sick-fated expedition of 401 (retold in Xenophon's Anabasis) intended to aid Cyrus the Young, son of Darius II, king of Persia, overthrow his elder brother Artaxerxes