CORINTHIS
Faber, which
(Apollod.
(Apollod.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - c
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
in
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Ca
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Pa
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;
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TEUTOMALIUS.
1010
THALASSIUS.
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. No.
of the bow which was used by Heracles. (Lycoph. 418) ; R. Rochette, Lettre à M. Schorn, p. 414,
Cass. 56 ; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 50, 458. ) [L. S. ]
2d ed. )
[P. S. )
TEUTHRAS (Teúopas). J. An ancient king THALASSA (Sáragoa), a personification of
of Mysia, who received Auge, the daughter of the Mediterranean, is described as a daughter of
Aleus, and brought up her son Telephus. From Aether and Hemera (Hygin. Fab. Praef. p. 2;
him the town of Teuthrania in Mysia was believed | Lucian, Dial. D. Marin. Jl. )
[L. S. ]
to have received its name. (Apollod. ii. 7. $ 4; THALA'SSIUS, TALA'SSIUS, or TALA'S-
Paus. viii. 4 ; Strab. xii. p. 571. ) [TELEPHUS). SIO (Táracolos), a Roman senator of the time of
2. A Greek of Magnesia, who was slain by Romulus. At the time of the rape of the Sabine
Hector at Troy. (Hom. Il. v. 705. )
women, when a maiden of surpassing beauty was
3. An Athenian, who was believed to have led away for Thalassius, the persons conducting
founded Teuthrania in Laconia. (Paus. iii. 25. her, in order to protect her against any assaults
§ 3. )
(L. S. ] from others, exclaimed " for Thalassius. " Hence,
TEUTI'APLUS (Teutlarlos), an Elean, was it is said, arose the wedding shout with which a
one of the leaders of the Peloponnesian fleet which bride at Rome was conducted to the house of her
was sent under Alcidas, the Lacedaemonian, as bridegroom. (Liv. i. 9; Serv. ad Aen, i. 651;
admiral, to support Mytilene in its revolt from Catull
. 61, 134. ) Others connect the name with
Athens, B. C. 427. The Mytilenaeans, however, the Greek talagla (spinning of wool), expressing
had surrendered to Paches before the friendly ar- the chief occupation of a newly married woman
mament reached the coast of Asia, and Teutiaplus (Fest. p. 351, ed. Müller ; Plut. Quaest. Rom. 31,
then endeavoured, but without success, to persuade Romul. 15); or regard it as the name of the god
Alcidas to attempt the recovery of the island by a presiding over marriage. (Dionys. ii. 31; Martial,
sudden attack. (Thuc. iii. 16, 29, 30. ) [E. E. ) xii. 42. 4, iii. 93. 23. )
[L. S. )
TEU'TICUS, an Illyrian noble, whom Gentius THALASSIUS. 1. Praefectus Praetorio of
sent as ambassador to the Roman praetor, in B. c. the East, under Constantius II. , possessed great
168, to beg for a truce. (Liv. xliv. 31. )
influence with this emperor. He had previously
TEUTOBODUS, king of the Teutoni, when enjoyed the title of Comes, and as such was sent
they were defeated by Marius at the great battle by Constantius on an embassy to his brother Con-
of Aquae Sextiae, in B. c. 102 (Marius, p. 955, stans at Petobio in Pannonia, in A. D. 348 (Atha-
b. ). According to some authorities Teutobodus nasius, Apol. ad Constant. init. ). As praefect of
was killed in the battle ; according to others, he the East he did all in his power to excite the bad
was taken prisoner and adored the triumph of passions of Gallus, and to inflame Constantius
Marius (Oros. v. 16; Eutrop. v. 1; Florus, iii. against him. Thalassius died in A. D. 353, and
3. $ 10. )
was succeeded by Domitian (Amm. Marc. xiv. 1,
TEUTOMAʼLIUS, king of the Saluvii, took 7; Zosim. ii. 48). Godefroy maintains that Tha-
refuge among the Allobroges, after the conquest of lassius could not have died earlier than A. D. 357
3 T 4
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1016
THALELAEUS.
TIIALES.
because he is said to have been at the conference | published in Meerman's Thesaurus, iii. and v. ,
al Sirinium, which is usually placed in this year, and since by Heimbach, Basil. i. 323—424.
and because the name of Thalassius, praefectus It is sometimes said that Thalelaeus wrote a
praetorio, occurs in a law dated A. D. 357. But commentary on the Novellae, but this notion is
Tillemont has shown that the conference at Sir-only founded on a mistake of a copyist, who in a
mium ought probably to be referred to the year scholium of the Basilica on Nov. 115. c. 5. § 1, has
351 ; and as Amnianus expressly places the written Thalelaeus for Theodorus. There appears
death of Thalassius in A. D. 353, the Thalassius also to be no ground for the opinion that Thalelaeus
inentioned in the law may have been praefectus translated the Pandect, or that he wrote a com-
praetorio of Illyricum. The matter is discussed mentary on it. (Mortreuil, Histoire du Droit By-
by Tillemont, Ilistoire des Empercurs, vol. iv. zantin, vol. i. )
(G. L. )
note xxix. sur Constuncc.
THALELAEUS (Oalénalos) or THALLE-
This Thalassius appears to have written some LAEUS (Oallénalos), Saint, a physician, who
work on the history of his own times, as Suidas was born near Mount Lebanon in Phoenicia of
(s. v. €6pinos) quotes his testimony respecting Christian parents, and received his medical educa-
his contemporary Theophilus.
tion from a physician named Macarius, who had
2. A monk, lived in the deserts of Libya, about attained the dignity of Archiater. He displayed
A. D. 662.
There are extant four hecatontades of on all occasions great zeal in favour of Christianity,
Thalassius addressed to the preshyter Paulus, and and acquired considerable reputation by his me-
entitled Περί αγαπής και εγκρατείας και της κατά | dical skill, s0 tliat some of his cures were said to
voûv roditelas, De curitutc, vilue continentia et be miraculously performed. He attended on the
mentis rcgrimine, which are printed in all the Biblio- heathen with as much care as on Christians, and
thecue Patruin. (Fabric. Bill. Grucc. vol. xi. pp. 113, was particularly charitable towards the poor.
114. )
During the persecution carried on against the
THALEIA or THALIA (Odeta, Oalía). 1. Christians in the short reign of the emperors
One of the nine Muses, and, at least in later times, Carinus and Numerianus, Thalelaeus was seized
regarded as the Muse of Comedy. (Hes. Theog. by Tiberius the governor of Edessa in Mesopo-
77.
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
in
(
LE
Ca
to
Pa
ED
;
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TEUTOMALIUS.
1010
THALASSIUS.
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. No.
of the bow which was used by Heracles. (Lycoph. 418) ; R. Rochette, Lettre à M. Schorn, p. 414,
Cass. 56 ; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 50, 458. ) [L. S. ]
2d ed. )
[P. S. )
TEUTHRAS (Teúopas). J. An ancient king THALASSA (Sáragoa), a personification of
of Mysia, who received Auge, the daughter of the Mediterranean, is described as a daughter of
Aleus, and brought up her son Telephus. From Aether and Hemera (Hygin. Fab. Praef. p. 2;
him the town of Teuthrania in Mysia was believed | Lucian, Dial. D. Marin. Jl. )
[L. S. ]
to have received its name. (Apollod. ii. 7. $ 4; THALA'SSIUS, TALA'SSIUS, or TALA'S-
Paus. viii. 4 ; Strab. xii. p. 571. ) [TELEPHUS). SIO (Táracolos), a Roman senator of the time of
2. A Greek of Magnesia, who was slain by Romulus. At the time of the rape of the Sabine
Hector at Troy. (Hom. Il. v. 705. )
women, when a maiden of surpassing beauty was
3. An Athenian, who was believed to have led away for Thalassius, the persons conducting
founded Teuthrania in Laconia. (Paus. iii. 25. her, in order to protect her against any assaults
§ 3. )
(L. S. ] from others, exclaimed " for Thalassius. " Hence,
TEUTI'APLUS (Teutlarlos), an Elean, was it is said, arose the wedding shout with which a
one of the leaders of the Peloponnesian fleet which bride at Rome was conducted to the house of her
was sent under Alcidas, the Lacedaemonian, as bridegroom. (Liv. i. 9; Serv. ad Aen, i. 651;
admiral, to support Mytilene in its revolt from Catull
. 61, 134. ) Others connect the name with
Athens, B. C. 427. The Mytilenaeans, however, the Greek talagla (spinning of wool), expressing
had surrendered to Paches before the friendly ar- the chief occupation of a newly married woman
mament reached the coast of Asia, and Teutiaplus (Fest. p. 351, ed. Müller ; Plut. Quaest. Rom. 31,
then endeavoured, but without success, to persuade Romul. 15); or regard it as the name of the god
Alcidas to attempt the recovery of the island by a presiding over marriage. (Dionys. ii. 31; Martial,
sudden attack. (Thuc. iii. 16, 29, 30. ) [E. E. ) xii. 42. 4, iii. 93. 23. )
[L. S. )
TEU'TICUS, an Illyrian noble, whom Gentius THALASSIUS. 1. Praefectus Praetorio of
sent as ambassador to the Roman praetor, in B. c. the East, under Constantius II. , possessed great
168, to beg for a truce. (Liv. xliv. 31. )
influence with this emperor. He had previously
TEUTOBODUS, king of the Teutoni, when enjoyed the title of Comes, and as such was sent
they were defeated by Marius at the great battle by Constantius on an embassy to his brother Con-
of Aquae Sextiae, in B. c. 102 (Marius, p. 955, stans at Petobio in Pannonia, in A. D. 348 (Atha-
b. ). According to some authorities Teutobodus nasius, Apol. ad Constant. init. ). As praefect of
was killed in the battle ; according to others, he the East he did all in his power to excite the bad
was taken prisoner and adored the triumph of passions of Gallus, and to inflame Constantius
Marius (Oros. v. 16; Eutrop. v. 1; Florus, iii. against him. Thalassius died in A. D. 353, and
3. $ 10. )
was succeeded by Domitian (Amm. Marc. xiv. 1,
TEUTOMAʼLIUS, king of the Saluvii, took 7; Zosim. ii. 48). Godefroy maintains that Tha-
refuge among the Allobroges, after the conquest of lassius could not have died earlier than A. D. 357
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THALELAEUS.
TIIALES.
because he is said to have been at the conference | published in Meerman's Thesaurus, iii. and v. ,
al Sirinium, which is usually placed in this year, and since by Heimbach, Basil. i. 323—424.
and because the name of Thalassius, praefectus It is sometimes said that Thalelaeus wrote a
praetorio, occurs in a law dated A. D. 357. But commentary on the Novellae, but this notion is
Tillemont has shown that the conference at Sir-only founded on a mistake of a copyist, who in a
mium ought probably to be referred to the year scholium of the Basilica on Nov. 115. c. 5. § 1, has
351 ; and as Amnianus expressly places the written Thalelaeus for Theodorus. There appears
death of Thalassius in A. D. 353, the Thalassius also to be no ground for the opinion that Thalelaeus
inentioned in the law may have been praefectus translated the Pandect, or that he wrote a com-
praetorio of Illyricum. The matter is discussed mentary on it. (Mortreuil, Histoire du Droit By-
by Tillemont, Ilistoire des Empercurs, vol. iv. zantin, vol. i. )
(G. L. )
note xxix. sur Constuncc.
THALELAEUS (Oalénalos) or THALLE-
This Thalassius appears to have written some LAEUS (Oallénalos), Saint, a physician, who
work on the history of his own times, as Suidas was born near Mount Lebanon in Phoenicia of
(s. v. €6pinos) quotes his testimony respecting Christian parents, and received his medical educa-
his contemporary Theophilus.
tion from a physician named Macarius, who had
2. A monk, lived in the deserts of Libya, about attained the dignity of Archiater. He displayed
A. D. 662.
There are extant four hecatontades of on all occasions great zeal in favour of Christianity,
Thalassius addressed to the preshyter Paulus, and and acquired considerable reputation by his me-
entitled Περί αγαπής και εγκρατείας και της κατά | dical skill, s0 tliat some of his cures were said to
voûv roditelas, De curitutc, vilue continentia et be miraculously performed. He attended on the
mentis rcgrimine, which are printed in all the Biblio- heathen with as much care as on Christians, and
thecue Patruin. (Fabric. Bill. Grucc. vol. xi. pp. 113, was particularly charitable towards the poor.
114. )
During the persecution carried on against the
THALEIA or THALIA (Odeta, Oalía). 1. Christians in the short reign of the emperors
One of the nine Muses, and, at least in later times, Carinus and Numerianus, Thalelaeus was seized
regarded as the Muse of Comedy. (Hes. Theog. by Tiberius the governor of Edessa in Mesopo-
77.
