Themison

Family: Thera · Role: merchant · First appears: Book 4 · §151–158

Life events

Etearchos ordered Themison to take Phronime away and cast her into the sea.(Book 4 · §151–158 · 📍 Oäxos)
- With: Etearchos Phronime
- “he brought and delivered to him his daughter and bade him take her away and cast her into the sea.”
Themison rescued Phronime from the sea and brought her to Thera.(Book 4 · §151–158 · 📍 Thera)
- With: Phronime
- “he received the girl and sailed away, and when he got out into the open sea, to free himself from blame as regards the oath which Etearchos had made him swear, he tied her on each side with ropes and let her down into the sea, and then drew her up and came to Thera.”

with Etearchos (They became guest-friends.) “for there was in Oäxos one Themison, a merchant of Thera, whom Etearchos took to himself as a guest-friend and caused him to swear that he would surely serve him in whatsoever he should require:”
with Phronime (He took Phronime away with him to Thera.) “Themison then was very greatly vexed at the deceit practised in the matter of the oath, and he dissolved his guest-friendship and did as follows, that is to say, he received the girl and sailed away,”

Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.