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Vidarna is inspecting his new Greek guardsmen. The deer is Cleomenes of Halicarnassus, and the marten is Lycophron of Ephesus.
At the time, the Persian Empire controlled the Greek cities in Anatolia, including Halicarnassus and Ephesus. After the Persian War, many Greeks traveled to Persia and settled there as mercenaries, guardsmen, physicians, and satraps. Xenophon of Athens, who served the Achaemenid prince Cyrus the Younger, is a well-known example of such mercenaries.