Tartarus (Tar′tarus). An inner region of hell, to which the gods sent the exceptionally depraved.
Telchines (Telchi′nes). People of Rhodes, who were envious sorcerers and magicians.
Tellus (Tel′lus). A name of Cybele, wife of Saturn, and the Roman deity of mother-earth.
Tempests, see Fro.
Temple. An edifice erected to the honor of a god or goddess in which the sacrifices were offered.
Tenth Muse. Sappho was so called.
Tereus (Ter′eus) was a son of Mars. He married Procne, daughter of the king of Athens, but became enamored of her sister Philomela, who, however, resented his attentions, which so enraged him that he cut out her tongue. When Procne heard of her husband’s unfaithfulness she took a terrible revenge (see Itys). Procne was turned into a swallow, Philomela into a nightingale, Itys into a pheasant, and Tereus into a hoopoe, a kind of vulture, some say an owl.
Tergemina (Tergemi′na). A name of Diana, alluding to her triform divinity as goddess of heaven, earth, and hell.
Terminus (Ter′minus). The Roman god of boundaries.
Terpsichore (Terpsich′ore). One of the nine Muses; she presided over dancing.