Tisamenus
Tisamenus (Τισαμενός) was the King of Argos and Sparta, and the son of Orestes and Hermione. Tisamenus succeeded his father to both kingdoms.
The Heraclids returning from their long exile overthrew Tisamenus. Tisamenus would have preferred to go into exile in Achaea, but the Heraclid leaders murdered him and buried him in Helice, in Achaea.
The Heraclids' return had always been associated with the Dorian invasion. Temenus, son of Aristomachus, received the kingdom of Argos, while Temenus' two nephews, Procles and Eurysthenes, took Sparta.
See the Heraclids for more detail about the Heraclids' return from exile.
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Name
Tisamenus, Τισαμενός.
Sources
Library and Epitome were written by Apollodorus.
Description of Greece was written by Pausanias.
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