Larissa was the birthplace of Meno, who Consequently grew to become, as well as Xenophon and a few Some others, one of the generals major many thousands Greeks from various spots, in the sick-fated expedition of 401 (retold in Xenophon's Anabasis) meant to aid Cyrus the Young, son of Darius II, king of Persia, overthrow his elder brother Artaxerxes