Thersander

In Greek mythology, the name Thersander (/θɜːrˈsændər, -ˈsɑːn-/; Ancient Greek: Θέρσανδρος Thersandros means 'bold man' derived from θέρσος thersos 'boldness, braveness' and ανδρος andros 'of a man') refers to several distinct characters:

• Thersander or Thersandrus, a Corinthian prince as the son of King Sisyphus^[1] and the Pleiad Merope, daughter of the Titan Atlas. He was the brother of Ornytion (Porphyrion^[2]), Glaucus and Almus.^[1] His sons were Haliartus and Coronus, eponyms of Haliartus and Coronea, respectively,^[3] and also Proetus, himself the father of Maera who was known to have died a maiden.^[4]
• 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.^[5]
• 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.^[6]
• Thersander, son of Polynices and one of the Epigoni, killed by Telephus.^[7]