In Greek mythology, the name '''Thersander''' ({{IPAc-en|θ|ɜr|ˈ|s|æ|n|d|ər|,_|-|ˈ|s|ɑː|n|-}}; Ancient Greek: {{Lang|grc|Θέρσανδρος}} ''Thersandros'' means 'bold man' derived from {{Lang|grc|θέρσος}} {{Transliteration|grc|thersos}} 'boldness, braveness' and {{Lang|grc|ανδρος}} {{Transliteration|grc|andros}} 'of a man') refers to several distinct characters:
*Thersander or Thersandrus, a Corinthian prince as the son of King Sisyphus<ref name=":0">Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.4.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Thersander 2.4.3]</ref> and the Pleiad Merope, daughter of the Titan Atlas. He was the brother of Ornytion (Porphyrion<ref>Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, ''Argonautica'' 3.1094</ref>), Glaucus and Almus.<ref name=":0" /> His sons were Haliartus and Coronus, eponyms of Haliartus and Coronea, respectively,<ref>Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.34.7&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Thersander 9.34.7]; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''Haliartos'', ''Korōneia''</ref> and also Proetus, himself the father of Maera who was known to have died a maiden.<ref>Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+10.30.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Thersander 10.30.5]</ref> *Thersander, one of the Heracleidae, son of Agamedidas.He was a king of the Cleonaeans and his twin daughters Anaxandra and Lathria married the twin sons of Aristodemus, Procles and Eurysthenes.<ref>Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.3.16.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Thersander 3.16.6]</ref> *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.<ref>Quintus Smyrnaeus, 10.30</ref> *Thersander, son of Polynices and one of the Epigoni, killed by Telephus.<ref>Apollodorus, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.3.7.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Thersander 3.7.2]</ref>
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== 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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 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}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library] *Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 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. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0490 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. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
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