Tisamenus

Tisamenus (Ancient Greek: Τισαμενός) is the name of several people in classical history and mythology:

• Mythology
  • Tisamenus (son of Orestes), mythological king of Argos, and son of Orestes and Hermione.^[1]
  • Tisamenus (King of Thebes), a king of Thebes, son of Thersander and Demonassa.^[2]

• History
  • Tisamenus of Elis, son of Antiochus, an ancient Greek seer and grandfather of the seer Agias of Sparta
  • Tisamenus, a descendant apparently of the above, who took part in the conspiracy of Cinadon, and was put to death for it in 397 BC.

Namesake

Tisamenus (insect), a genus of stick insects in the family Heteropterygidae