Thersander
In Greek mythology, the name Thersander (/θɜːrˈsændər, -ˈsɑːn-/; Ancient Greek: Θέρσανδρος 'bold man' derived from θέρσος thersos 'boldness, braveness' and ανδρος andros 'of a man') refers to several distinct characters:
- Thersander, a Corinthian prince as the son of King Sisyphus, and the brother of Glaucus, Ornytion and Almus.[1] His sons were and Coronus, eponyms of Haliartus and Coronea respectively,[2] and also Proetus, himself father of Maera who was known to have died a maiden.[3]
- Thersander, one of the Heracleidae, son of . His twin daughters Anaxandra and married the twin sons of Aristodemus, Procles and Eurysthenes.[4]
- Thersander of Crete, father, by Arethusa, of a son Hyllus (not to be confused with the son of Heracles). Hyllus was killed by Aeneas in the Trojan War.[5]
- Thersander, one of the Epigoni.[6]
- Thersander, son of Polynices, killed by Telephus.
Notes[]
- ^ Pausanias, 2.4.3
- ^ Pausanias, 9.34.7; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Haliartos, Korōneia
- ^ Pausanias, 10.30.5
- ^ Pausanias, 3.16.6
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 10.30
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.7.2
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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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