Tisiphonus of Pherae

{{Short description|Tyrant of Pherae from 357 BC to 355/4 BC}}

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Tisiphonus

| title = Tyrant of Pherae

| reign = 357–355/54 BC

| predecessor = Alexander of Pherae

| successor = Lycophron & Peitholaus

| father = Jason of Pherae

}}

Tisiphonus ({{langx|grc|Τισίφονος}}), son of Jason of Pherae, was a tyrant of Pherae (357-355/4 BC) following the death of Alexander of Pherae.

Tisiphonus together with his two brothers, Lycophron and Peitholaus, murdered Alexander in his sleep.{{r|Plutarch}} At first the brothers were celebrated for ridding the city of a tyrant, but later, with help of mercenaries, they established their own tyranny and slew many of their opponents.{{r|Diodorus_16.14.1}}

Tisiphonus held the nominal title of a tyrant until at least 355 BC, since Xenophon mentions Tisiphonus as ruler of Pherae at the time of writing his narrative (Xenophon died in 354 BC).{{r|Xenophon}} After that Tisiphonus disappears from history. When Diodorus Siculus mentions affairs of Pherae in 352 BC, he says that Lycophron and Peitholaus were tyrants.{{r|Diodorus_16.37.3}}