Timasitheus of Trapezus

Timasitheus of Trapezus

Timasitheus or Timesitheus (Gr. polytonic|Τιμασίθεος or polytonic|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. [Xenophon, "Anabasis" v. 4. §§ 2, &c.] Citation
last = Elder
first = Edward
author-link =
contribution = Timasitheus (1)
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 3
pages = 1135
publisher =
place = Boston
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/3468.html
]

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