Thermus, a man accused in the reign of Tiberius, &c.——A man put to death by Nero.——A town of Ætolia, the capital of the country.
Therodămas, a king of Scythia, who, as some report, fed lions with human blood, that they might be more cruel. Ovid, Ibis, li. 383.
Theron, a tyrant of Agrigentum, who died 472 B.C. He was a native of Bœotia, and son of Ænesidamus, and he married Damarete the daughter of Gelon of Sicily. Herodotus, bk. 7.—Pindar, Olympian, ch. 2.——One of Actæon’s dogs. Ovid.——A Rutulian who attempted to kill Æneas. He perished in the attempt. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 10, li. 312.——A priest in the temple of Hercules at Saguntum, &c. Silius Italicus, bk. 2, li. 149.——A Theban descended from the Spartæ. Statius, Thebaid, bk. 2, li. 572.——A daughter of Phylas, beloved by Apollo. Pausanias, bk. 9, ch. 40.
Therpander, a celebrated poet and musician of Lesbos. See: [Terpander].
Thersander, a son of Polynices and Argia. He accompanied the Greeks to the Trojan war, but he was killed in Mysia by Telephus, before the confederate army reached the enemy’s country. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 2, li. 261.—Apollodorus, bk. 3, ch. 7.——A son of Sisyphus king of Corinth.——A musician of Ionia.
Thersĭlŏchus, a leader of the Pæonians in the Trojan war, killed by Achilles. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 6, li. 483.——A friend of Æneas, killed by Turnus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 12, li. 363.——An athlete at Corcyra, crowned at the Olympic games. Pausanias, bk. 6, ch. 13.
Thersippus, a son of Agrius, who drove Œneus from the throne of Calydon.——A man who carried a letter from Alexander to Darius. Curtius.——An Athenian author, who died 954 B.C.
Thersītes, an officer, the most deformed and illiberal of the Greeks during the Trojan war. He was fond of ridiculing his fellow-soldiers, particularly Agamemnon, Achilles, and Ulysses. Achilles killed him with one blow of his fist, because he laughed at his mourning the death of Penthesilea. Ovid, ex Ponto, bk. 4, poem 17, li. 15.—Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 8.—Homer, Iliad, bk. 2, li. 212, &c.
Theseidæ, a patronymic given to the Athenians from Theseus, one of their kings. Virgil, Georgics, bk. 2, li. 383.
Theseis, a poem written by Codrus, containing an account of the life and actions of Theseus, and now lost. Juvenal, satire 1, li. 2.