Telemnastus
Τηλέμναστος
(Τηλέμναστος), a Cretan, whom Perseus sent to Antiochus Epiphanes, in B. C. 168, to urge him by every motive of self-interest to side with him against Rome. (Plb. 29.3.) We may perhaps identify this person with the Telemnastus, a Gortynian, who with 500 men effectually aided the Achaeans in their war with Nabis. (Plb. 33.15.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.