Tagus, a river of Spain, which falls into the Atlantic after it has crossed Lusitania or Portugal, and now bears the name of Tajo. The sands of the Tagus, according to the poets, were covered with gold. Mela, bk. 3, ch. 1.—Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 2, li. 251.—Silius Italicus, bk. 4, li. 234.—Lucan, bk. 7, li. 755.—Martial, bk. 4, ltr. 55, &c.——A Latin chief killed by Nisus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 9, li. 418.——A Trojan killed by Turnus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 12, li. 513.
Talasius. See: [♦][Thalassius].
[♦] ‘Thalasius’ replaced with ‘Thalassius’
Talaus, a son of Bias and Pero, father of Adrastus by Lysimache. He was one of the Argonauts. Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 9; bk. 3, ch. 6.
Talayra, the sister of Phœbe. She is also called Hilaira. See: [Phœbe].
Talĕtum, a temple sacred to the sun on mount Taygetus in Laconia. Horses were generally offered there for sacrifice. Pausanias.
Talthybius, a herald in the Grecian camp during the Trojan war, the particular minister and friend of Agamemnon. He brought away Briseis from the tent of Achilles by order of his master. Talthybius died at Ægium in Achaia. Homer, Iliad, bk. 1, li. 320, &c.—Pausanias, bk. 7, ch. 23.
Talus, a youth, son of the sister of Dædalus, who invented the saw, compasses, and other mechanical instruments. His uncle became jealous of his growing fame, and murdered him privately; or, according to others, he threw him down from the citadel of Athens. Talus was changed into a partridge by the gods. He is also called Calus, Acalus, Perdix, and Taliris. Apollodorus, bk. 3, ch. 1.—Pausanias, bk. 1, ch. 21.—Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 8.——A son of Œnopion. Pausanias, bk. 7, ch. 4.——A son of Cres, the founder of the Cretan nation. Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 53.——A friend of Æneas, killed by Turnus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 12, li. 513.
Tamaris, a river of Spain.
Tamărus, a mountain of Epirus, called also Tmarus and Tomarus. Strabo.