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