(Χειρίσοφος; Cheirísophos).
[1] Spartan commander under Cyrus
Spartiate; on the instructions of his polis, at Issus in 401 BC he joined the army of the younger Cyrus with 700 hoplites (Xen. An. 1,4,3; Diod. Sic. 14,19,4f.); after Cyrus' death at Cunaxa C. was sent by Clearchus to Ariaeus, to offer him the Persian throne (Xen. An. 2,1,4f.). After Clearchus had been imprisoned and put to death, C. received supreme command of the entire remaining arm…