Editing Thersander (section)

In [[Greek mythology]], the name '''Thersander''' ({{IPAc-en|θ|ɜr|ˈ|s|æ|n|d|ər|,_|-|ˈ|s|ɑː|n|-}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: {{Lang|grc|Θέρσανδρος}} ''Thersandros'' means 'bold man' derived from {{Lang|grc|θέρσος}} {{Transliteration|grc|thersos}} 'boldness, braveness' and {{Lang|grc|ανδρος}} {{Transliteration|grc|andros}} 'of a man') refers to several distinct characters:

*Thersander or Thersandrus, a [[Corinth]]ian prince as the son of King [[Sisyphus]]<ref name=":0">[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.4.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Thersander 2.4.3]</ref> and the [[Pleiades (Greek mythology)|Pleiad]] [[Merope (Pleiad)|Merope]], daughter of the [[Titans|Titan]] [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]]. He was the brother of [[Ornytion]] ([[Porphyrion (mythology)|Porphyrion]]<ref>Scholia on [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' 3.1094</ref>), [[Glaucus of Corinth|Glaucus]] and [[Almus of Orchomenus|Almus]].<ref name=":0" /> His sons were [[Haliartus (mythology)|Haliartus]] and [[Coronus (mythology)|Coronus]], eponyms of [[Haliartus]] and [[Coronea]], respectively,<ref>Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.34.7&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Thersander 9.34.7]; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''Haliartos'', ''Korōneia''</ref> and also [[Proetus]], himself the father of [[Maera (mythology)|Maera]] who was known to have died a maiden.<ref>Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+10.30.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Thersander 10.30.5]</ref>
*Thersander, one of the [[Heracleidae]], son of [[Agamedidas]].He was a king of the Cleonaeans and his twin daughters Anaxandra and [[Lathria]] married the twin sons of [[Aristodemus]], [[Procles]] and [[Eurysthenes]].<ref>Pausanias, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.3.16.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Thersander 3.16.6]</ref>
*Thersander of [[Crete]], father, by [[Arethusa (Greek myth)|Arethusa]], of a son Hyllus (not to be confused with the son of [[Heracles]]). Hyllus was killed by [[Aeneas]] in the [[Trojan War]].<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 10.30</ref>
*[[Thersander (Epigoni)|Thersander]], son of [[Polynices]] and one of the [[Epigoni]], killed by [[Telephus]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.3.7.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Thersander 3.7.2]</ref>