Editing Tissaphernes (section)

== Legacy ==
[[Encyclopædia Iranica]] comments that:

{{Cquote|Tissaphernes has been described, on the one hand, as impetuous and forthright, on the other, as a liar and treacherous deceiver (to [[Xenophon]], he seemed "the supreme example of faithlessness and oath-breaking in the Anabasis"). Nevertheless, as one scholar has noted, "it is only fair to him to say . . . that in an epoch when disloyalty was becoming the normal he remained the most loyal subject of the two Kings whom he served". That Tissaphernes appeared to the Greeks as one of their most dangerous enemies and no doubt the model of an unscrupulous diplomat is not surprising; this bias has so deeply marked Greek traditions that it now seems nearly impossible to form a balanced judgment about him, especially as no Persian sources are available and the pertinent sections of the [[Xanthian Obelisk|Lycian Xanthos stele]] are not yet understood.<ref name="iranicaonline.org"/>}}

Following the death of Tissaphernes, [[Caria]] re-established a line of semi-independent local dynasts, still under the umbrella of the [[Achaemenid Empire]], the dynasty of the [[Hecatomnids]].<ref>"About 492 BCE, after the execution of Tissaphernes, the Persians made Caria an independent satrapy and entrusted it to Hecatomnus, the local dynast of Mylasa, whose ancestors appear in the pages of Herodotus." in {{cite book |last1=Gagarin |first1=Michael |title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome |date=2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195170726 |page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNV6-HsUppsC&pg=RA1-PA53 |language=en}}</ref>