Thessalus
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Thlessalus · father of Xenophon
in the texts
Olympian
Father of Xenophon, himself a celebrated runner whose fame at the Alpheus (Olympia) is recalled.
The brilliance of his father Thessalus’ feet is stored up by the streams of the Alpheus, and at Pytho he has honor for the single and the double foot race within the circuit of a single day’s sun;
History of the Peloponnesian War
A son of Pisistratus and brother of Hippias and Hipparchus, cited only for genealogical argument.
He alone of the legitimate brothers appears to have had children;