Thaumas, a son of Neptune and Terra, who married Electra, one of the Oceanides, by whom he had Iris and the [♦]Harpies, &c. Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 2.
[♦] ‘Harpyies’ replaced with ‘Harpies’
Thaumasius, a mountain of Arcadia, on whose top, according to some accounts, Jupiter was born.
Thea, a daughter of Uranus and Terra. She married her brother Hyperion, by whom she had the sun, the moon, Aurora, &c. She is also called Thia, Titæa, Rhea, Tethys, &c.——One of the Sporades.
Theagĕnes, a man who made himself master of Megara, &c.——An athlete of Thaos, famous for his strength. His father’s name was Timosthenes, a friend of Hercules. He was crowned above 1000 times at the public games of the Greeks, and became a god after death. Pausanias, bk. 6, chs. 6 & 11.—Plutarch.——A Theban officer, who distinguished himself at the battle of Cheronæa. Plutarch.——A writer who published commentaries on Homer’s works.
Theages, a Greek philosopher, disciple of Socrates. Plato.—Ælian, Varia Historia, bk. 4, &c.
Theangela, a town of Caria.
Theāno, the wife of Metapontus son of Sisyphus, presented some twins to her husband, when he wished to repudiate her for her barrenness. The children were educated with the greatest care, and some time afterwards Theano herself became the mother of twins. When they were grown up she encouraged them to murder the supposititious children, who were to succeed to their father’s throne in preference to them. They were both killed in the attempt, and the father, displeased with the conduct of Theano, repudiated her to marry the mother of the children whom he had long considered as his own. Hyginus, fable 186.——A daughter of Cisseus, sister to Hecuba, who married Antenor, and was supposed to have betrayed the Palladium to the Greeks, as she was priestess of Minerva. Homer, Iliad, bk. 6, li. 298.—Pausanias, bk. 10, ch. 27.—Dictys Cretensis, bk. 5, ch. 8.——One of the Danaides. Her husband’s name was Phantes. Apollodorus, bk. 2, ch. 1.——The wife of the philosopher Pythagoras, daughter of Pythanax of Crete, or, according to others, of Brontinus of Crotona. Diogenes Laërtius, bk. 8, ch. 42.——The daughter of Pythagoras.——A poetess of Locris.——A priestess of Athens, daughter of Menon, who refused to pronounce a curse upon Alcibiades when he was accused of having mutilated all the statues of Mercury. Plutarch.——The mother of Pausanias. She was the first, as it is reported, who brought a stone to the entrance of Minerva’s temple, to shut up her son when she heard of his crimes and perfidy to his country. Polyænus, bk. 8.——A daughter of Scedasus, to whom some of the Lacedæmonians offered violence at Leuctra.——A Trojan matron, who became mother of Mimas by Amycus, the same night that Paris was born. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 10, li. 703.
Theānum, a town of Italy. See: [Teanum].
Thearidas, a brother of Dionysius the elder. He was made admiral of his fleet. Diodorus, bk. 14.