Timasitheus of Trapezus

For others with this name, see Timasitheus (disambiguation).

Timasitheus or Timesitheus (Gr. Τιμασίθεος or Τιμησίθεος, fl. 4th century BC) was a citizen of Trapezus, and a proxenus of the Mossynoeci, between whom and the Cyrean Greeks he acted as interpreter, when the latter wished to make a treaty with the barbarians, and to obtain a passage through their country.[1][2]

  1. ^ Xenophon, Anabasis v. 4. §§ 2, &c.
  2. ^ Elder, Edward (1867), "Timasitheus (1)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 3, Boston, p. 1135{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)