A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

2. Apparently grandson of the above, and son of Hegesil)yla, was probably the offspring of a second marriage contracted by her after the death of Miltiades. This Olorus was the father of Thucydides, the historian (Thuc. 4.104; Marcellin. Vit. Thuc. ; Suidas, s. v. Θουκυδίδης).

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