Tisamenus
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Tisamenus (Ancient Greek: Τισαμενός) is the name of several people in classical history and mythology:
Mythology
- Tisamenus (son of Orestes), mythological king of Argos, and son of Orestes and Hermione.
- Tisamenus (King of Thebes), a king of Thebes, son of Thersander and Demonassa.
History
- Tisamenus of Elis, son of Antiochus, an ancient Greek seer and grandfather of the seer Agias of Sparta
- Tisamenus, a descendant apparently of the above, who took part in the conspiracy of Cinadon, and was put to death for it in 397 BC.
Namesake
- Tisamenus (insect), a genus of stick insects in the family Heteropterygidae
Notes
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
References
- [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)
- [[Pausanias (geographer)
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