# Thersander

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In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), the name '''Thersander''' ({{IPAc-en|θ|ɜr|ˈ|s|æ|n|d|ər|,_|-|ˈ|s|ɑː|n|-}}; [Ancient Greek](/source/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 [Corinth](/source/Ancient_Corinth)ian prince as the son of King [Sisyphus](/source/Sisyphus)<ref name=":0">[Pausanias](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)), [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](/source/Pleiades_(Greek_mythology)) [Merope](/source/Merope_(Pleiad)), daughter of the [Titan](/source/Titans) [Atlas](/source/Atlas_(mythology)). He was the brother of [Ornytion](/source/Ornytion) ([Porphyrion](/source/Porphyrion_(mythology))<ref>Scholia on [Apollonius of Rhodes](/source/Apollonius_of_Rhodes), ''[Argonautica](/source/Argonautica)'' 3.1094</ref>), [Glaucus](/source/Glaucus_of_Corinth) and [Almus](/source/Almus_of_Orchomenus).<ref name=":0" /> His sons were [Haliartus](/source/Haliartus_(mythology)) and [Coronus](/source/Coronus_(mythology)), eponyms of [Haliartus](/source/Haliartus) and [Coronea](/source/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](/source/Stephanus_of_Byzantium), s.v. ''Haliartos'', ''Korōneia''</ref> and also [Proetus](/source/Proetus), himself the father of [Maera](/source/Maera_(mythology)) 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](/source/Heracleidae), son of [Agamedidas](/source/Agamedidas).He was a king of the Cleonaeans and his twin daughters Anaxandra and [Lathria](/source/Lathria) married the twin sons of [Aristodemus](/source/Aristodemus), [Procles](/source/Procles) and [Eurysthenes](/source/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](/source/Crete), father, by [Arethusa](/source/Arethusa_(Greek_myth)), of a son Hyllus (not to be confused with the son of [Heracles](/source/Heracles)). Hyllus was killed by [Aeneas](/source/Aeneas) in the [Trojan War](/source/Trojan_War).<ref>[Quintus Smyrnaeus](/source/Quintus_Smyrnaeus), 10.30</ref>
*[Thersander](/source/Thersander_(Epigoni)), son of [Polynices](/source/Polynices) and one of the [Epigoni](/source/Epigoni), killed by [Telephus](/source/Telephus).<ref>[Apollodorus](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-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](/source/Bibliotheca_(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. 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](/source/Pausanias_(geographer)), ''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](/source/Quintus_Smyrnaeus), ''[The Fall of Troy](/source/Posthomerica)'' 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](/source/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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