Thersander
(Θέρσανδρος).
1. A son of Sisyphus, and father of Haliartus and Coronus. (Paus. 9.34.5.)
2. A son of Agamididas, and the father of Lathria and Anaxandra, at Sparta. (Paus. 3.16.5.)
3. A son of Polyneices and Argeia, and one of the Epigoni; he was married to Demonassa, by whom he became the father of Tisamenus. After having been made king of Thebes, he went with Agamemnon to Troy, and was slain in that expedition by Telephus. His tomb was shown at Elaea in Mysia, and sacrifices were offered to him there. (Paus. 3.15.4, 7.3.1, 9.5.7, 10.10.2; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. 2.76; Dict. Cret. 2.2; Hdt. 4.147; Apollod. 3.7.2.) Virgil (Aen. 2.261) enumerates Thersander among the Greeks concealed in the wooden horse. Homer does not mention him. [L.S]
(Θέρσανδρος). The son of Polynices and Argia, and one of the Epigoni (q.v.). He went with Agamemnon to Troy, and was slain in that expedition by Telephus (Herod. iv. 147; Verg. Aen. ii. 261).
- king of Cleestonaeans: Paus. 3.16.6
- Paus. 7.3.1, Paus. 9.8.7
- ancestor of Theras: Hdt. 4.147, Hdt. 6.52
- gives the robe (of Harmonia) to Eriphyle: Apollod. 3.7.2
- father of Tisamenus: Paus. 3.15.6, Paus. 9.5.15
- marches with Epigoni against Thebes: Paus. 9.9.4, Apollod. 3.7.2
- captures Thebes: Paus. 2.20.5, Paus. 7.3.1
- king of Thebes: Paus. 9.5.14
- recalls fugitives: Paus. 9.8.7
- slain by Telephus in Mysia: Paus. 9.5.14, Apollod. E.3.16
- his tomb in market-place of Elaea: Paus. 9.5.14
- sacrifices to him: Paus. 9.5.14
- his statues at Argos and Delphi: Paus. 2.20.5, Paus. 10.10.4
- Paus. 2.4.3, Paus. 10.30.5
- father of Haliartus and Coronus: Paus. 9.34.7
- his presence at a Persian banquet at Thebes: Hdt. 9.16