⁂ Milton, regretting his own blindness, compares himself to Tiresias, among others.
Blind Thamyris and blind Mæonidês [Homer],
And Tiresias and Phineus prophets old.
Paradise Lost, iii. 36 (1665).
Tirlsneck (Jonnie), beadle of old St. Ronan’s.--Sir W. Scott, St. Ronan’s Well (time, George III.).
Tirso de Moli´na, the pseudonym of Gabriel Tellez, a Spanish monk and dramatist. His comedy called Convivando de Piedra (1626) was imitated by Molière in his Festin de Pierre (1665), and has given birth to the whole host of comedies and operas on the subject of “Don Juan” (1570-1648).
Tiryn´thian Swain (The), Her´culês, called in Latin Tirynthius Heros, because he generally resided at Tiryns, a town of Ar´golis, in Greece.
Upon his shield lay that Tirynthian swain
Swelt’ring in fiery gore and poisonous flame,
His wife’s sad gift venomed with bloody stain. [See Nessus.]