Tarquin´ius Pris´cus, the fifth king of Rome, was son of Demaratus, a native of Greece. He exhibited military talents in the victories he gained over the Sabines. During peace he devoted attention to the improvement of the capital. He was assassinated in his eightieth year, 578 years B.C.
Tarquin´ius Super´bus. He ascended the throne of Rome after Servius Tullius, whom he murdered, and married his daughter Tullia. His reign was characterized by tyranny, and eventually he was expelled from Rome, surviving his disgrace for fourteen years, and dying in his ninetieth year.
Tar´tarus. One of the regions of hell, where, according to Virgil, the souls of those who were exceptionally depraved were punished.
Telem´achus. Son of Penelope and Ulysses. At the end of the Trojan war he went in search of his father, whom, with the aid of Minerva, he found. Aided by Ulysses he delivered his mother from the suitors that beset her.
Tem´pe. A valley in Thessaly through which the river Peneus flows into the Ægean. It is described by the poets as one of the most delightful places in the world.
Teren´tius Pub´lius (Terence). A native of Africa, celebrated for the comedies he wrote. He was twenty-five years old when his first play was produced on the Roman stage. Terence is admired for the purity of his language and the elegance of his diction. He is supposed to have been drowned in a storm about 159 B.C.
Te´reus. A king of Thrace who married Procne, daughter of Pandion, king of Athens. He aided Pandion in a war against Megara.
Terpsich´ore. One of the Muses, daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne. She presided over dancing.
Tertullia´nus, J. Septim´ius Flor´ens. A celebrated Christian writer of Carthage, who lived A.D. 196. He was originally a Pagan, but embraced Christianity, of which faith he became an able advocate.
Tha´is. A celebrated woman of Athens, who accompanied Alexander the Great in his Asiatic conquests.