Tomărus, or Tmarus. See: [Tmarus].
Tomisa, a country between Cappadocia and Taurus. Strabo.
Tomos, or Tomi, a town situate on the western shore of the Euxine sea, about 36 miles from the mouth of the Danube. The word is derived from τεμνω, seco, because Medea, as it is said, cut to pieces the body of her brother Absyrtus there. It is celebrated as being the place where Ovid was banished by Augustus. Tomos was the capital of Lower Mœsia, founded by a Milesian colony, B.C. 633.—Strabo, bk. 7.—Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 9.—Mela, bk. 2, ch. 2.—Ovid, ex Ponto, bk. 4, poem 14, li. 59; Tristia, bk. 3, poem 9, li. 33, &c.
Tomyris. See: [Thomyris].
Tonea, a solemnity observed at Samos. It was usual to carry Juno’s statue to the sea-shore, and to offer cakes before it, and afterwards to replace it again in the temple. This was in commemoration of the theft of the Tyrrhenians, who attempted to carry away the statue of the goddess, but were detained in the harbour by an invisible force.
Tongillius, an avaricious lawyer, &c. Juvenal, satire 7, li. 130.
Topāzos, an island in the Arabian gulf, anciently called Ophiodes from the quantity of serpents that were there. The valuable stone called topaz is found there. Pliny, bk. 6, ch. 20.
Topiris, or Torpus, a town of Thrace.
Torĭni, a people of Scythia. Valerius Flaccus, bk. 6.
Torōne, a town of Macedonia. Livy, bk. 31, ch. 45.——Of Epirus.