On of these deputies gave such offence to the Illyrian
the triumph of the party of Vespasian, he was, queen, that she not only refused to comply with
notwithstanding, appointed one of the praetors; their demands, but caused the younger of the two
but the senate would not allow him to enter upon brothers to be assassinated on his way home.
the triumph of the party of Vespasian, he was, queen, that she not only refused to comply with
notwithstanding, appointed one of the praetors; their demands, but caused the younger of the two
but the senate would not allow him to enter upon brothers to be assassinated on his way home.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - c
De Idololatria.
8.
De Pudicitia.
9.
De Jejunio accompany Caesar in his second British expedition,
adversus Psychicos. 10. De Cibis Judaicis Epistola. but he probably got a little inured to military
11. De Oratione. Of these the De Trinitate, and service at last. Trebatius followed Caesar's party
De Cibis Julaicis, belong to Novatianus, but the after the civil war broke out; and he wrote to
collection was now complete with the exception of Cicero to tell him that Caesar thought Cicero ought
the two books Ad Nationes, which were first pub- to join Caesar's side, or, if he would not do that,
lished by Jac. Gothofredus (4to. Genev. 1625) from he ought to go to Greece and stay out of the way
the Codex Agobardi, the most ancient MS. of (Plutarch, Cicero, c. 37). Suetonius (Caesar, c.
Tertullian, and the only one which contains this 18) tells an anecdote, that when all the senate
piece.
approached Caesar, who was sitting in front of the
The best editions are those of Pamelius, fol. temple of Venus Genetrix, with the decrees which
Antv. 1579, and, in an improved forin, revised by conferred extraordinary honours on him, Trebatius
Franciscus Junius, Franeck. 1597 ; of Rigaltius advised Caesar to rise up to receive the senate, for
fol. Lutet. 1634, improved by Priorius, fol. Lutet. which advice Caesar by his countenance showed
1664, 1675, foi. Venet. 1744 ; and of Semler, con- I his displeasure. Cicero dedicated to Trebatius his
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book of Topica, which he wrote to explain to him | Tetricus, if we can believe the concurring testimony
thuis book of Aristotle. The lawyer had turned it of Pollio, Victor, and Eutropius, harassed and
over in Cicero's library at Tusculum, but he found alarmed by the insolence and factious spirit of his
that it was too difficult for him (Topica, c. 1, ad troops, privately invited the new sovereign to re-
Fum, vii. 19), and he asked Cicero for an explana- lieve him from a load which he found intolerable,
tion. Trebatius enjoyed considerable reputation and betrayed his army to defeat at the great battle
under Augustus as a lawyer, and he was one of of Chalons. [AURELIANUB. ) It is certain that
those whom Augustus consulted as to the giving a although Tetricus, along with his son, in the guise
legal effect to codicilli. Trebatius advised that of captives, graced the triumph of the conqucror,
these informal testamentary dispositions should be he was immediately afterwards treated with the
allowed to have legal effect: he said that it was greatest distinction, appointed corrector of the
very useful and necessary for the Roman citizens whole of Italy, and even addressed by Aurelian as
that this should be bo, on account of the long comrade, collcague, and imperator. Retiring sub-
journeys which people often took, during which, if sequently into private life, he died at a very ad-
a man could not make his testament, he might yet vanced age.
make codicilli" (Inst. 2, tit. 25, Dc Collicillis). Ho- (Every circumstance connected with the history
race addressed to Trebatius the first Satire of the of Tetricus has been collected and arranged, with
Second Book.
great industry and learning, by De Boze, in a dis-
Trelatius was the master of Labeo, who, however, sertation contained in the Mémoires de l'Acuderie
often differs from him in opinion (Dig. 16. tit. 3. 6. 1. de Sciences et Belles Lettres, vol. xxvi. p. 504 ; see
$ 41;18. tit. 6. s. 1. $2). In the passage last referred Trebell. Poll. Trig. Tyrann. xxiii. ; Aurel. Vict. de
to, the opinion of Labeo is decidedly right, and that Caes. XXXV. , Epit. xxxv. ; Eutrop. ix. 9; Zonar.
of Trebatius as clearly wrong. He wrote some xii. 27. )
(W. R. )
books (litri) De jurc Civili, and nine books De
Religionibus (Porphyrius, ad Horat. Sut. ii. 1); but
Macrobius (Sat. iii. 3) quotes the tenth book Re-
ligionum. Trebatius is often cited in the Digest,
but there is no direct excerpt from his writings.
Pomponius speaks of several works of Trebatius
being extant in his time, but he adds that his
writings were not in great repute. His gram-
matical knowledge of his own language was ridi-
culously defective, for he said that Sacellum was
composed of two words, sacrum and cella, a blunder
which Gellius corrects (vi. 6).
TEʼTRICUS, C. PESU'VIUS PIVE'SUS,
The letters of Cicero tó Trebatius are con- twenty-fourth on the list of Pollio, son of the pre-
tained among those ad Familiares (vii. 6—22). ceding, although a child at the time of his father's
(Grotius, Vitue Jurisconsult. ; Zimmern, Geschichte elevation, was forth with proclaimed Caesar. Whe. .
des Röm. Privatrechts, i. p. 297. ) [G. L. ) ther he subsequently received the title of Augustus
TETHYS (Tnbús), a daughter of Uranus and is a matter of doubt, since the evidence afforded
Gaea, and wife of Oceanus, by whom she was con- by medals, our surest guide in such matters, is in
ceived to be the mother of the Oceanides and the the present instance indistinct and contradictory.
numerous river-gods. She also educated Hera, He shared the favour displayed towards his father
who was brought to her by Rhea. (Hes. Theog! by Aurelian, was treated with distinction by the
136, 337 ; A pollod. i. 1. 83 ; Plat. Tim. p. 40 ; princes who followed, and passed with credit
Ov. Fest. v. 81 ; Virg. Gcorg. i. 31. ) (L. S. ) through all the grades of Senatorian rank, trans-
TE'TRICUS, C. PESUVIUS, one of the mitting his patrimony, undiminished, to his heirs.
thirty tyrants enumerated by Trebellius Pollio | The house of the Tetrici, on the Caelian hill, was
[AUREOLUS), was the last of the pretenders who still in existence when Pollio wrote, and contained a
ruled Gaul during its temporary separation from picture in which Aurelian was represented in the
the empire under Gallienus and his successor. He act of investing the father and son with senatorial
was of noble descent, a senator, a consular, and robes, receiving from them, in return, a sceptre and
praefect of Aquitania at the period when, after the civic crown.
death of Postumus, of Laelianus, of Victorinus, We have given, above, the names of these two
and of Marius, in rapid succession, the supreme personages as exhibited by Eckhel. The family
power devolved on the popular Victoria, who, designation Pesuvius or Pesubius seems established,
feeling unable or unwilling to undertake a task so beyond a question, by coins and inscriptions, but
onerous and so fraught with danger, persuaded the we cannot so readily admit Pivesus, which Eckhel
soldiers to accept of her kinsman Tetricus as their supposed to have been derived by the son from a
ruler, and he was accordingly invested with the mother Pivesa. In the first place, Pesuvius and
purple at Bordeaux, in A. D. 267. Claudiu Gothi-
cus found his attention and resources so fully occu-
pied by the wild tribes on the Danube and the
coasts of the Euxine, that he considered it impo-
litic to commence hostilities against a chief who
maintained tranquillity and order throughout the
limits of France and Spain, and kept at bay the
barbarians on the Rhenish frontier ; indeed, we
may conclude from medals, that he not merely
tolerated, but acknowledged the authority of his
rival. Upon the accession of Aurelian, however,
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together upon the same piece. Secondly, Pivesus, Pliny mentions him in the following terms, Habuit
Pivesti, Pives, and Piv. , appear only in the et Teucer crustarius fumam. (H. N. xxxiii. 12.
silver and small brass coins, all of which are of s. 55. )
rude and inferior workmanship, while the gold, 2. A gem-engraver, three of whose works are
which are executed with care and skill, present extant, and, by their beautiful execution, are thought
uniformly C. Pes. TETRICUS. Caes. , and hence we to prove that the artist could not have lived later
are inclined to conclude that Pivesus was a mis- than the time of Augustus. He may therefore,
pronunciation, by barbarous lips, of Pesuvius, and perhaps, be the same as the foregoing. (Sillig,
had no real existence as a distinct name. (W. R. ] Cat. Art. s. v. ; R. Rochette, Lettre à M. Schorn,
TE'TTIUS. 1. P. Tertius, one of the wit- p. 156, 2d ed. )
(P. S. ]
nesses against Verres. (Cic. Verr. I. 28. )
TEUSI'ALES, supposed artist. (ZEUXIADES. ]
2. Tertius Damio, in whose house Cicero took TEUTA (Tellta), wife of Agron, king of the
refuge in order to avoid the mob of Clodius. (Cic. Illyrians, assumed the sovereign power on the
ud Alt. iv. 3. )
death of her husband, B. c. 231. Elated by the
3. TETTIUS JULIANUS, in some passages of successes recently obtained by the Illyrian arms
Tacitus is called Titius, in others Tertius, but Tet. [AGRON), she gave free scope to the piratical
tius is probably the correct form. (Orelli, ad Tac. expeditions of her subjects, while she herself fitted
llist. ii. 85. ) He was the commander of one of out an armament which attacked the coast of Epei-
the three légions stationed in Moesia, and along rus, while Scerdilaïdas, with an army of 5000 men,
with his fellow-commanders received the consular invaded that country by land, and reduced the
insignia from Otho, in consequence of a victory wealthy city of Phoenice. An invasion of the
which they gained over the Rhoxolani, a Sarma- Dardanians soon compelled her to recal her forces:
tian tribe. Shortly afterwards, Aponius Saturni- but she had meanwhile provoked a more danger-
nus, the governor of Moesia, made an attempt ous enemy. The injuries inflicted by the Illyrian
upon the life of Tettius, who escaped across Mount pirates upon the Italian merchants had at length
Haemus. He took no part in the civil war, al- attracted the attention of the Roman scnate, who
though the legion, which he commanded, espoused sent two ambassadors, C. and L. Coruncanius, to
the cause of Vespasian, and pleaded various delays demand satisfaction. But the haughty language
which prevented him from joining his troops.
On of these deputies gave such offence to the Illyrian
the triumph of the party of Vespasian, he was, queen, that she not only refused to comply with
notwithstanding, appointed one of the praetors; their demands, but caused the younger of the two
but the senate would not allow him to enter upon brothers to be assassinated on his way home. (Po-
the dignity, and conferred his office upon Plotius | lyb. ii. 4, 6, 8; Dion Cass. Fr. 151; Zonal. viii.
Griphus, on the 1st of January, A. D. 70. Do- 19; Plin. H. N. xxxiv. 6 ; Liv. Epit. xx. ) This
mitian, however, almost immediately afterwards, flagrant breach of the law of nations led to an
restored him to the praetorship. (Tac. Hist. i. 79, immediate declaration of war on the part of the
ii. 85, iv. 39, 40. )
Romans, who sent both the consuls, Cn. Fulvius
TEUCER (Téūkpos). 1. A son of the river- and A. Postumius, with a fleet and army, to pu-
god Scamander by the nymph Idaea, was the first nish the Illyrian queen. Meanwhile Teuta, who
king of Troy, whence the Trojans are sometimes was herself engaged in the siege of Issa, had early
called Teukpol. (Herod. vii. 122. ) Dardanus of in the spring (B. C. 229) sent out a large force
Samothrace came to Teucer, received his daughter under Demetrius the Pharian, who made himself
Bateia or Arisbe in marriage, and afterwards be- master of the island of Corcyra, and laid siege to
same his successor in the kingdom. (Apollod. iii. Epidamnus. On the arrival of the Roman fleet,
12. & 1 ; Diod. iv. 75. ) According to others, Dar- however, Demetrius treacherously surrendered Cor-
danus was a native prince of Troy, and Scamander cyra into their hands, and lent every assistance to
and Teucer immigrated into Troas from Crete, the further operations of the two consuls. These
bringing with them the worship of Apollo Smin- were so rapid and decisive that the greater part of
theus. Strab. xiii. p. 604 ; Serv. ad Aen. iii. 108; | Illyria quickly fell into their hands, and "Teuta
Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 29, 1302, 1306. )
herself was compelled to fly for refuge to the strong
2. A son of Telamon and Hesione, of Crete, was fortress of Rhizon. From hence she made over-
a step-brother of Ajax, and the best archer among tures for peace, which she at length obtained from
the Greeks at Troy. (Hom. Il. viii
. 281, &c. , xiii. thc Roman consul, A. Postumius, in the spring of
170. ) On his return from the Trojan war, Tela- B. C. 228, on condition of giving up the greater
mon refused to receive him in Salamis, because he part of her dominions, and restraining her subjects
had not avenged the death of his brother Ajax, or from all voyages beyond the island of Lissus. By
because he had not brought with him his remains, this treaty she appears to have retained the no-
Tecmessa, or his son Eurysaces. Teucer, there minal sovereignty of a small territory, while her
fore, in consequence of a promise of A pollo, sailed stepson Pinnes obtained the greater part of her
away in search of a new home. This he found in kingdom ; but we do not again meet with her
the island of Cyprus, which was given to hiin by name, and it is probable that she soon after abdi-
Belus, king of Sidon. (Sery. ad Aen. i. 619. ) Hecated this small remnant of power. (Polyb. ii.
there married Eune, the daughter of Cyprus, by 9-12; Dion Cass. Fr. 151; Zonar. viii. 19;
whom he became the father of Asteria, and founded Appian. Illyr. 7. )
(E. H. B. )
the town of Salamis, (Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 447, TEU'TAMUS (Teúrauos), a Macedonian offi-
450 ; Pind. Nem. iv. 60 ; Aeschyl. Pers. 896 ; cer, who, in B. C. 319, shared with Antigenes the
Eurip. Helen. 87, &c. , 146, &c. ; Paus. ii. 29. $ 4; command of the select troops called the Argyras-
Horat. Carm. i. 7. & 21. )
[L. S. ] pids. Of the services by which he had earned
TEUCER, artists. 1. A distinguished silver- this distinguished post we know nothing. When
chaser, the last in Pliny's list of the caclatorcs who Eumenes, after escaping from Nora, joined the
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Argyraspids in Cilicia, Antigenes and Teutamus | his own people by the Romans, in B. c. 122. (Liv.
at first, in obedience to the orders of the regent Epil. 61. )
and Olympias, placed themselves under his com- THAIS (Oats), a celebrated Athenian Hetaera,
mand, but they secretly regarded him with jea- who accompanied Alexander the Great on his ex-
lousy, and Teutamus even listened to the overtures pedition into Asia, or at least was present on
of Ptolemy, and would have joined in a plot against various occasions during that period. Her name
the life of Eumenes, had he not been dissuaded by is best known from the story of her having stimu-
his more prudent colleague. (Diod. xviii. 59, 62; lated the conqueror during a great festival at Per-
Plut. Eum. 13. ) But though they continued to sepolis, to set fire to the palace of the Persian
follow the guidance of Eumenes, and with the kings : but this anecdote, immortalized as it has
troops under their command, bore an important been by Dryden's famous ode, appears to rest on
part in his campaigns against Antigonus, they took the sole authority of Cleitarchus, one of the least
every opportunity of displaying their envy and trustworthy of the historians of Alexander, and is
jealousy, which their general in vain tried to allay, in all probability a mere fable (Cleitarchus, ap.
by avoiding all appearance of the exercise of au- Athen. xiii. p. 576, e ; Diod. xvii. 72 ; Plut. Alex.
thority. [EUMENES, p. 89, a. ) During the winter 38 ; Curt. v. 7. $S 3–7 ; Droysen, Gesch. Alex. p
campaign in Gabiene (B. C. 316) the two leaders 247, note. )
of the Argyraspids were the prime movers of a After the death of Alexander, Thaïs attached
plot for the destruction of Eumenes; and after the herself to Ptolemy Lagi, by whom she became the
final action, Teutamus was the first to open nego- mother of two sons, Leontiscus and Lagus, and of
tiations with Antigonus for the recovery of the a daughter, Eirene. The statement of Athenaeus
baggage of the Argyraspids by the betrayal of his that she was actually married to the Egyptian
rival into his hands. (Plut. Eum. 13, 16, 17. ) By king may be doubted, but he seems to have been
this act of treachery he probably hoped to secure warmly attached to her, and brought up their
the favour of Antigonus, as well as to supplant common children in almost princely style. (Athen.
his own colleague or leader, Antigenes; but we xiii. p. 576, e. ) Many anecdotes are recorded of
find no farther mention of his name, and it is her wit and readiness in repartee, for which she
probable that he was sent, with the greater part of seems to have been as distinguished as for her
the Argyraspids, to perish in Arachosia. (Diod. beauty. (Id. ib. p. 585. )
(E. H. B. ]
xix. 48. )
(E. H. B. ] THA'LAMUS, P. LUCRINIUS, P. L. , an artist,
TEUTA’MIAS (Teutaulas), a king of Larissa whose name appears on a Latin inscription, with
in Thessaly, and father of the Pelasgian Lethus. the designation A'. CORINTHIS Faber, which
(Apollod. ii. 4. § 4; Hom. Il. ii. 843; Tzetz. ad Raoul-Rochette explains as sculptor of Corinthian
Lycoph. 838. )
(L. S. ] vases. (Gruter, p. dcxxxix. 8; Muratori, Thes.
TEU'TARUS (Tetrapos), the original owner vol. ii. p. cmlxiii. ; Orelli, Inscr. Lat. Sel.
adversus Psychicos. 10. De Cibis Judaicis Epistola. but he probably got a little inured to military
11. De Oratione. Of these the De Trinitate, and service at last. Trebatius followed Caesar's party
De Cibis Julaicis, belong to Novatianus, but the after the civil war broke out; and he wrote to
collection was now complete with the exception of Cicero to tell him that Caesar thought Cicero ought
the two books Ad Nationes, which were first pub- to join Caesar's side, or, if he would not do that,
lished by Jac. Gothofredus (4to. Genev. 1625) from he ought to go to Greece and stay out of the way
the Codex Agobardi, the most ancient MS. of (Plutarch, Cicero, c. 37). Suetonius (Caesar, c.
Tertullian, and the only one which contains this 18) tells an anecdote, that when all the senate
piece.
approached Caesar, who was sitting in front of the
The best editions are those of Pamelius, fol. temple of Venus Genetrix, with the decrees which
Antv. 1579, and, in an improved forin, revised by conferred extraordinary honours on him, Trebatius
Franciscus Junius, Franeck. 1597 ; of Rigaltius advised Caesar to rise up to receive the senate, for
fol. Lutet. 1634, improved by Priorius, fol. Lutet. which advice Caesar by his countenance showed
1664, 1675, foi. Venet. 1744 ; and of Semler, con- I his displeasure. Cicero dedicated to Trebatius his
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book of Topica, which he wrote to explain to him | Tetricus, if we can believe the concurring testimony
thuis book of Aristotle. The lawyer had turned it of Pollio, Victor, and Eutropius, harassed and
over in Cicero's library at Tusculum, but he found alarmed by the insolence and factious spirit of his
that it was too difficult for him (Topica, c. 1, ad troops, privately invited the new sovereign to re-
Fum, vii. 19), and he asked Cicero for an explana- lieve him from a load which he found intolerable,
tion. Trebatius enjoyed considerable reputation and betrayed his army to defeat at the great battle
under Augustus as a lawyer, and he was one of of Chalons. [AURELIANUB. ) It is certain that
those whom Augustus consulted as to the giving a although Tetricus, along with his son, in the guise
legal effect to codicilli. Trebatius advised that of captives, graced the triumph of the conqucror,
these informal testamentary dispositions should be he was immediately afterwards treated with the
allowed to have legal effect: he said that it was greatest distinction, appointed corrector of the
very useful and necessary for the Roman citizens whole of Italy, and even addressed by Aurelian as
that this should be bo, on account of the long comrade, collcague, and imperator. Retiring sub-
journeys which people often took, during which, if sequently into private life, he died at a very ad-
a man could not make his testament, he might yet vanced age.
make codicilli" (Inst. 2, tit. 25, Dc Collicillis). Ho- (Every circumstance connected with the history
race addressed to Trebatius the first Satire of the of Tetricus has been collected and arranged, with
Second Book.
great industry and learning, by De Boze, in a dis-
Trelatius was the master of Labeo, who, however, sertation contained in the Mémoires de l'Acuderie
often differs from him in opinion (Dig. 16. tit. 3. 6. 1. de Sciences et Belles Lettres, vol. xxvi. p. 504 ; see
$ 41;18. tit. 6. s. 1. $2). In the passage last referred Trebell. Poll. Trig. Tyrann. xxiii. ; Aurel. Vict. de
to, the opinion of Labeo is decidedly right, and that Caes. XXXV. , Epit. xxxv. ; Eutrop. ix. 9; Zonar.
of Trebatius as clearly wrong. He wrote some xii. 27. )
(W. R. )
books (litri) De jurc Civili, and nine books De
Religionibus (Porphyrius, ad Horat. Sut. ii. 1); but
Macrobius (Sat. iii. 3) quotes the tenth book Re-
ligionum. Trebatius is often cited in the Digest,
but there is no direct excerpt from his writings.
Pomponius speaks of several works of Trebatius
being extant in his time, but he adds that his
writings were not in great repute. His gram-
matical knowledge of his own language was ridi-
culously defective, for he said that Sacellum was
composed of two words, sacrum and cella, a blunder
which Gellius corrects (vi. 6).
TEʼTRICUS, C. PESU'VIUS PIVE'SUS,
The letters of Cicero tó Trebatius are con- twenty-fourth on the list of Pollio, son of the pre-
tained among those ad Familiares (vii. 6—22). ceding, although a child at the time of his father's
(Grotius, Vitue Jurisconsult. ; Zimmern, Geschichte elevation, was forth with proclaimed Caesar. Whe. .
des Röm. Privatrechts, i. p. 297. ) [G. L. ) ther he subsequently received the title of Augustus
TETHYS (Tnbús), a daughter of Uranus and is a matter of doubt, since the evidence afforded
Gaea, and wife of Oceanus, by whom she was con- by medals, our surest guide in such matters, is in
ceived to be the mother of the Oceanides and the the present instance indistinct and contradictory.
numerous river-gods. She also educated Hera, He shared the favour displayed towards his father
who was brought to her by Rhea. (Hes. Theog! by Aurelian, was treated with distinction by the
136, 337 ; A pollod. i. 1. 83 ; Plat. Tim. p. 40 ; princes who followed, and passed with credit
Ov. Fest. v. 81 ; Virg. Gcorg. i. 31. ) (L. S. ) through all the grades of Senatorian rank, trans-
TE'TRICUS, C. PESUVIUS, one of the mitting his patrimony, undiminished, to his heirs.
thirty tyrants enumerated by Trebellius Pollio | The house of the Tetrici, on the Caelian hill, was
[AUREOLUS), was the last of the pretenders who still in existence when Pollio wrote, and contained a
ruled Gaul during its temporary separation from picture in which Aurelian was represented in the
the empire under Gallienus and his successor. He act of investing the father and son with senatorial
was of noble descent, a senator, a consular, and robes, receiving from them, in return, a sceptre and
praefect of Aquitania at the period when, after the civic crown.
death of Postumus, of Laelianus, of Victorinus, We have given, above, the names of these two
and of Marius, in rapid succession, the supreme personages as exhibited by Eckhel. The family
power devolved on the popular Victoria, who, designation Pesuvius or Pesubius seems established,
feeling unable or unwilling to undertake a task so beyond a question, by coins and inscriptions, but
onerous and so fraught with danger, persuaded the we cannot so readily admit Pivesus, which Eckhel
soldiers to accept of her kinsman Tetricus as their supposed to have been derived by the son from a
ruler, and he was accordingly invested with the mother Pivesa. In the first place, Pesuvius and
purple at Bordeaux, in A. D. 267. Claudiu Gothi-
cus found his attention and resources so fully occu-
pied by the wild tribes on the Danube and the
coasts of the Euxine, that he considered it impo-
litic to commence hostilities against a chief who
maintained tranquillity and order throughout the
limits of France and Spain, and kept at bay the
barbarians on the Rhenish frontier ; indeed, we
may conclude from medals, that he not merely
tolerated, but acknowledged the authority of his
rival. Upon the accession of Aurelian, however,
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Pivesus, or their contractions, are never found | Aourished at Rome in the last age of the republic.
together upon the same piece. Secondly, Pivesus, Pliny mentions him in the following terms, Habuit
Pivesti, Pives, and Piv. , appear only in the et Teucer crustarius fumam. (H. N. xxxiii. 12.
silver and small brass coins, all of which are of s. 55. )
rude and inferior workmanship, while the gold, 2. A gem-engraver, three of whose works are
which are executed with care and skill, present extant, and, by their beautiful execution, are thought
uniformly C. Pes. TETRICUS. Caes. , and hence we to prove that the artist could not have lived later
are inclined to conclude that Pivesus was a mis- than the time of Augustus. He may therefore,
pronunciation, by barbarous lips, of Pesuvius, and perhaps, be the same as the foregoing. (Sillig,
had no real existence as a distinct name. (W. R. ] Cat. Art. s. v. ; R. Rochette, Lettre à M. Schorn,
TE'TTIUS. 1. P. Tertius, one of the wit- p. 156, 2d ed. )
(P. S. ]
nesses against Verres. (Cic. Verr. I. 28. )
TEUSI'ALES, supposed artist. (ZEUXIADES. ]
2. Tertius Damio, in whose house Cicero took TEUTA (Tellta), wife of Agron, king of the
refuge in order to avoid the mob of Clodius. (Cic. Illyrians, assumed the sovereign power on the
ud Alt. iv. 3. )
death of her husband, B. c. 231. Elated by the
3. TETTIUS JULIANUS, in some passages of successes recently obtained by the Illyrian arms
Tacitus is called Titius, in others Tertius, but Tet. [AGRON), she gave free scope to the piratical
tius is probably the correct form. (Orelli, ad Tac. expeditions of her subjects, while she herself fitted
llist. ii. 85. ) He was the commander of one of out an armament which attacked the coast of Epei-
the three légions stationed in Moesia, and along rus, while Scerdilaïdas, with an army of 5000 men,
with his fellow-commanders received the consular invaded that country by land, and reduced the
insignia from Otho, in consequence of a victory wealthy city of Phoenice. An invasion of the
which they gained over the Rhoxolani, a Sarma- Dardanians soon compelled her to recal her forces:
tian tribe. Shortly afterwards, Aponius Saturni- but she had meanwhile provoked a more danger-
nus, the governor of Moesia, made an attempt ous enemy. The injuries inflicted by the Illyrian
upon the life of Tettius, who escaped across Mount pirates upon the Italian merchants had at length
Haemus. He took no part in the civil war, al- attracted the attention of the Roman scnate, who
though the legion, which he commanded, espoused sent two ambassadors, C. and L. Coruncanius, to
the cause of Vespasian, and pleaded various delays demand satisfaction. But the haughty language
which prevented him from joining his troops.
On of these deputies gave such offence to the Illyrian
the triumph of the party of Vespasian, he was, queen, that she not only refused to comply with
notwithstanding, appointed one of the praetors; their demands, but caused the younger of the two
but the senate would not allow him to enter upon brothers to be assassinated on his way home. (Po-
the dignity, and conferred his office upon Plotius | lyb. ii. 4, 6, 8; Dion Cass. Fr. 151; Zonal. viii.
Griphus, on the 1st of January, A. D. 70. Do- 19; Plin. H. N. xxxiv. 6 ; Liv. Epit. xx. ) This
mitian, however, almost immediately afterwards, flagrant breach of the law of nations led to an
restored him to the praetorship. (Tac. Hist. i. 79, immediate declaration of war on the part of the
ii. 85, iv. 39, 40. )
Romans, who sent both the consuls, Cn. Fulvius
TEUCER (Téūkpos). 1. A son of the river- and A. Postumius, with a fleet and army, to pu-
god Scamander by the nymph Idaea, was the first nish the Illyrian queen. Meanwhile Teuta, who
king of Troy, whence the Trojans are sometimes was herself engaged in the siege of Issa, had early
called Teukpol. (Herod. vii. 122. ) Dardanus of in the spring (B. C. 229) sent out a large force
Samothrace came to Teucer, received his daughter under Demetrius the Pharian, who made himself
Bateia or Arisbe in marriage, and afterwards be- master of the island of Corcyra, and laid siege to
same his successor in the kingdom. (Apollod. iii. Epidamnus. On the arrival of the Roman fleet,
12. & 1 ; Diod. iv. 75. ) According to others, Dar- however, Demetrius treacherously surrendered Cor-
danus was a native prince of Troy, and Scamander cyra into their hands, and lent every assistance to
and Teucer immigrated into Troas from Crete, the further operations of the two consuls. These
bringing with them the worship of Apollo Smin- were so rapid and decisive that the greater part of
theus. Strab. xiii. p. 604 ; Serv. ad Aen. iii. 108; | Illyria quickly fell into their hands, and "Teuta
Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 29, 1302, 1306. )
herself was compelled to fly for refuge to the strong
2. A son of Telamon and Hesione, of Crete, was fortress of Rhizon. From hence she made over-
a step-brother of Ajax, and the best archer among tures for peace, which she at length obtained from
the Greeks at Troy. (Hom. Il. viii
. 281, &c. , xiii. thc Roman consul, A. Postumius, in the spring of
170. ) On his return from the Trojan war, Tela- B. C. 228, on condition of giving up the greater
mon refused to receive him in Salamis, because he part of her dominions, and restraining her subjects
had not avenged the death of his brother Ajax, or from all voyages beyond the island of Lissus. By
because he had not brought with him his remains, this treaty she appears to have retained the no-
Tecmessa, or his son Eurysaces. Teucer, there minal sovereignty of a small territory, while her
fore, in consequence of a promise of A pollo, sailed stepson Pinnes obtained the greater part of her
away in search of a new home. This he found in kingdom ; but we do not again meet with her
the island of Cyprus, which was given to hiin by name, and it is probable that she soon after abdi-
Belus, king of Sidon. (Sery. ad Aen. i. 619. ) Hecated this small remnant of power. (Polyb. ii.
there married Eune, the daughter of Cyprus, by 9-12; Dion Cass. Fr. 151; Zonar. viii. 19;
whom he became the father of Asteria, and founded Appian. Illyr. 7. )
(E. H. B. )
the town of Salamis, (Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 447, TEU'TAMUS (Teúrauos), a Macedonian offi-
450 ; Pind. Nem. iv. 60 ; Aeschyl. Pers. 896 ; cer, who, in B. C. 319, shared with Antigenes the
Eurip. Helen. 87, &c. , 146, &c. ; Paus. ii. 29. $ 4; command of the select troops called the Argyras-
Horat. Carm. i. 7. & 21. )
[L. S. ] pids. Of the services by which he had earned
TEUCER, artists. 1. A distinguished silver- this distinguished post we know nothing. When
chaser, the last in Pliny's list of the caclatorcs who Eumenes, after escaping from Nora, joined the
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Argyraspids in Cilicia, Antigenes and Teutamus | his own people by the Romans, in B. c. 122. (Liv.
at first, in obedience to the orders of the regent Epil. 61. )
and Olympias, placed themselves under his com- THAIS (Oats), a celebrated Athenian Hetaera,
mand, but they secretly regarded him with jea- who accompanied Alexander the Great on his ex-
lousy, and Teutamus even listened to the overtures pedition into Asia, or at least was present on
of Ptolemy, and would have joined in a plot against various occasions during that period. Her name
the life of Eumenes, had he not been dissuaded by is best known from the story of her having stimu-
his more prudent colleague. (Diod. xviii. 59, 62; lated the conqueror during a great festival at Per-
Plut. Eum. 13. ) But though they continued to sepolis, to set fire to the palace of the Persian
follow the guidance of Eumenes, and with the kings : but this anecdote, immortalized as it has
troops under their command, bore an important been by Dryden's famous ode, appears to rest on
part in his campaigns against Antigonus, they took the sole authority of Cleitarchus, one of the least
every opportunity of displaying their envy and trustworthy of the historians of Alexander, and is
jealousy, which their general in vain tried to allay, in all probability a mere fable (Cleitarchus, ap.
by avoiding all appearance of the exercise of au- Athen. xiii. p. 576, e ; Diod. xvii. 72 ; Plut. Alex.
thority. [EUMENES, p. 89, a. ) During the winter 38 ; Curt. v. 7. $S 3–7 ; Droysen, Gesch. Alex. p
campaign in Gabiene (B. C. 316) the two leaders 247, note. )
of the Argyraspids were the prime movers of a After the death of Alexander, Thaïs attached
plot for the destruction of Eumenes; and after the herself to Ptolemy Lagi, by whom she became the
final action, Teutamus was the first to open nego- mother of two sons, Leontiscus and Lagus, and of
tiations with Antigonus for the recovery of the a daughter, Eirene. The statement of Athenaeus
baggage of the Argyraspids by the betrayal of his that she was actually married to the Egyptian
rival into his hands. (Plut. Eum. 13, 16, 17. ) By king may be doubted, but he seems to have been
this act of treachery he probably hoped to secure warmly attached to her, and brought up their
the favour of Antigonus, as well as to supplant common children in almost princely style. (Athen.
his own colleague or leader, Antigenes; but we xiii. p. 576, e. ) Many anecdotes are recorded of
find no farther mention of his name, and it is her wit and readiness in repartee, for which she
probable that he was sent, with the greater part of seems to have been as distinguished as for her
the Argyraspids, to perish in Arachosia. (Diod. beauty. (Id. ib. p. 585. )
(E. H. B. ]
xix. 48. )
(E. H. B. ] THA'LAMUS, P. LUCRINIUS, P. L. , an artist,
TEUTA’MIAS (Teutaulas), a king of Larissa whose name appears on a Latin inscription, with
in Thessaly, and father of the Pelasgian Lethus. the designation A'. CORINTHIS Faber, which
(Apollod. ii. 4. § 4; Hom. Il. ii. 843; Tzetz. ad Raoul-Rochette explains as sculptor of Corinthian
Lycoph. 838. )
(L. S. ] vases. (Gruter, p. dcxxxix. 8; Muratori, Thes.
TEU'TARUS (Tetrapos), the original owner vol. ii. p. cmlxiii. ; Orelli, Inscr. Lat. Sel.
