{{Short description|King of Epirus from 430 BC to 392 BC}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Tharrhypas | reign = 430–392 BC | predecessor = Admetus of Epirus | successor = Alcetas I of Epirus | birth_name = Tharrhypas | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth) --> | burial_place = | title = King of Epirus | religion = Ancient Greek religion | spouse = | issue = Alcetas I of Epirus | father = Admetus of Epirus | house = Aeacidae }} '''Tharrhypas'''<ref>Alternative forms: Tharrypas, Tharypas, Tharyps, Tharrytas, Tharrhytas, Tharybas</ref> (Greek: Θαρύπας or Θάρυψ) was a king of the Molossians and the great-great- grandfather of Alexander the Great.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} He was the father of Alcetas I, and is said to have been the first to introduce southern Greek (namely Attic) cultural traits among Molossians.<ref>Pausanias 1. 11, Plutarch Pyrrhus</ref>
Thucydides mentions that Tharrhypas was a minor in 429 BC and that his guardian was Sabylinthus.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0200%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D80 Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, 2.80]</ref>
During his time, the Molossian tribe emerged from political obscurity and began to play an important role in the political scene of Epirus. Tharrhypas made substantial reforms (legislative, political, etc.), which formed the basis for the modernization of the Molossian state.<ref name="jus">Justin, ''Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus'', [http://www.attalus.org/translate/justin4.html#28.3 28.3].</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{S-start}} {{Succession box|title=King of Epirus|before=Admetus|after=Alcetas I | years=430–392 BC }} {{S-end}} {{Hellenistic rulers}}
Category:Kings of Epirus Category:5th-century BC Greek people Category:5th-century BC monarchs