Teisamenos (King of Thebes)

Teisamenos ( Greek  Τεισαμενός ), the son of Thersandros and Demonassa , was king of Thebes in Greek mythology . He was the father of the Autesion .

When Thersandros, his father, was killed during the first campaign against Troy , Teisamenos was still too young, so that Peneleos took over the affairs of state and also led the Boeotians on the second platoon . Only when Peneleus died, Teisamenos ascended the throne of Thebes. He was succeeded by his son Autesion.

swell

• Herodotus , Histories , 4, 147; 6, 52.
• Pausanias , travels in Greece , 3, 15, 6 - 8; 9, 5, 15.

literature

• Hans Lamer : Teisamenos 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VA, 1, Stuttgart 1934, Col. 133-135.

predecessor	Office	successor
Peneleos	King of Thebes 12th century BC Chr. (Fictional chronology)	Autesion