Tisamenus
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Tisamenus of Elis · the seer Tisamenus
in the texts
The Histories
Elean seer of the Iamid clan who, through a misunderstood Delphic oracle, becomes a naturalized Spartan and serves as the Greek army's diviner at Plataea and four other victories.
When they had granted him this also, Tisamenus of Elis, now a Spartan, engaged in divination for them and aided them to win five very great victories.
This they did, for when Tisamenus was inquiring of the oracle at Delphi concerning offspring, the priestess prophesied to him that he should win five great victories.
It was Tisamenus who sacrificed for the Greeks, for he was with their army as a diviner;
History of the Peloponnesian War
Trachinian envoy chosen to petition the Lacedaemonians for aid.
but afterwards, fearing that they could not be trusted by them, they sent to Lacedaemon, having chosen Tisamenus as their envoy.
Hellenica
A seer (diviner) named among the most influential men arrested for involvement in Cinadon's conspiracy.
When the man had been seized and a horseman had returned with the names of those whom Cinadon had listed, the ephors immediately proceeded to arrest the seer Tisamenus and the most influential of the others.