Theras
Theras
(Θήρας), a son of Antesion, grandson of Tisamenus, who led Lacedaemonians and Minyans of Lemnos (i. e. descendants of the Argonauts by Lemnian women) from Sparta to the island of Thera, which had before been called Callisto, but was now named after him Thera. (Hdt. 4.147; Paus. 3.1.6, 4.3.3, 7.2.2; Apollon. 4.1764; Schol. ad Pind. Pyth. 4.88.) [L.S]
Theras
(Θήρας). A Spartan who colonized and gave name to the island of Thera (q.v.).
Theras
Theras, a Cadmean of Sparta
- his colonization of Thera: Hdt. 4.147, Hdt. 4.148
- guardian of sons of Aristodemus: Paus. 3.1.7, Paus. 4.3.4, Paus. 4.7.8
- opposes claim of Cresphontes to Messenia: Paus. 4.3.4
- leads a colony to Thera: Paus. 3.1.7ff., Paus. 3.15.6, Paus. 7.2.2
- yearly sacrifices offered to him in Thera: Paus. 3.1.8
- his descendants: Paus. 4.7.8