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]

References

  1. ↑ Xenophon, Anabasis v. 4. §§ 2, &c.
  2. ↑ Elder, Edward (1867), "Timasitheus (1)", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 3, Boston, p. 1135

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.