Tisamenus (son of Orestes)

Tisamenus
Legendary King of Sparta
PredecessorOrestes
SuccessorDion
ParentsOrestes, Hermione

Tisamenus (Ancient Greek: Τισαμενός), in Greek mythology, was a son of Orestes[1][2] and Hermione,[3] daughter of Menelaus, or Erigone, daughter of Aegisthus[4] who were first cousins twice over (their mothers were half-sisters and their fathers were brothers), so Tisamenus had only five great-grandparents, instead of the usual eight. Tisamenus succeeded his father to the thrones of Argos, Mycenae and Sparta.[5]

  1. ^ Apollodorus, 2.8.3
  2. ^ Pausanias, 3.1.5–6 & 7.1.7
  3. ^ Pausanias, 2.18.6
  4. ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 6.28
  5. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 124