Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

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    Tisamenus

    historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 8 anchored passages

    Tisamenus of Elis · the seer Tisamenus

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    The HistoriesClassical · Greek

    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.

    Now the five victories were these:
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    his brother Hegias too must be made a Spartan on the same terms as himself.
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    It was Tisamenus who sacrificed for the Greeks, for he was with their army as a diviner;
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    History of the Peloponnesian WarClassical · Greek

    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.
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    HellenicaClassical · Greek

    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.
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