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, one of the Epigoni.[1]
- Thersander, a son of Sisyphus, brother of Glaucus, Ornytion and Almus.[2] His own sons were Haliartus and Coronus, eponyms of Haliartus and Coronea respectively,[3][4] and also Proetus, himself father of Maera who was known to have died a maiden.[5]
- Thersander, one of the Heracleidae, son of Agamedidas. His twin daughters Anaxandra and Lathria married the twin sons of Aristodemus, Procles and Eurysthenes.[6]
- 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.[7]
- Thersander, son of Polynices, killed by Telephus
Notes
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.7.2
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.4.3
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 9.34.7
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Haliartos, Korōneia
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.30.5
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.16.6
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 10.30
References
- 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.
- Pseudo-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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- 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.