Telesphorus (general)
Telesphorus (in Greek Tελεσφoρoς; lived
4th century BC ) was a general in the service of Antigonus Monophthalmus, the king ofAsia , who was sent by him in313 BC , with a fleet of fifty ships and a considerable army to thePeloponnese , to oppose the forces ofPolyperchon andCassander . His arms were at first very successful; he drove out theMacedon ian garrisons from all the cities of the peninsula, exceptSicyon andCorinth , which, were held by Polyperchon himself; but having joined with Medius in an attempt to relieveOreus , to which Cassander had laid siege, they were defeated, with the loss of several ships.rf|1|diod_19.74_75 The following summer (312 BC ) Antigonus having conferred the chief direction of the war in the Peloponnese upon his nephew Ptolemy, Telesphorus was so indignant that he shook off his allegiance, and having induced some of his soldiers to follow him, established himself inElis on his own account, and even plundered the sacred treasures at Olympia. He was, however, soon after, induced to submit to Ptolemy.rf|2|diod_19.87References
*Smith, William (editor); "
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology ", [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/3325.html "Telesphorus"] ,Boston , (1867)Notes
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Diodorus Siculus , "Bibliotheca", xix. 74, 75ent|2|diod_19.87 Ibid., 87
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