Tisamenus (of Elis)

Also known as: Tisamenus · Family: Elean · Role: seer and athlete · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 11

Life events

Tisamenus left Elis to fulfill the oracle for the benefit of the Spartans.(Book 3 · Chapter 11 · 📍 Elis)
- “And the Lacedæmonians, who were not ignorant of what the Pythian priestess had foretold Tisamenus, persuaded him to leave Elis, and carry out the oracle for the benefit of the Spartans.”
Tisamenus won five victories in battle.(Book 3 · Chapter 11)
- “And Tisamenus had his five victories”
Tisamenus became a prophet for the Greeks against Mardonius and the Medes.(Book 6 · Chapter 14 · 📍 Platæa)
- “that Tisamenus who was afterwards a prophet for the Greeks against Mardonius and the Medes at Platæa.”

child: Agelochus “This Agias was the son of Agelochus, the son of Tisamenus.”
rivals with Hieronymus “So he trained for the pentathlum at Olympia, and came off the ground unvictorious in that, though he won the prize in two out of the five, for he beat Hieronymus of Andros in running and leaping.”

rivals with Hieronymus (They competed in the pentathlon.) “Hieronymus from Andros, who beat Tisamenus of Elis in the pentathlum at Olympia,”
enemies with Mardonius (Tisamenus acted against Mardonius in the Greek forces.) “that Tisamenus who was afterwards a prophet for the Greeks against Mardonius and the Medes at Platæa.”
with Hieronymus (Hieronymus defeated Tisamenus in the pentathlum.) “and Hieronymus from Andros, who beat Tisamenus of Elis in the pentathlum at Olympia,”

Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.