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Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch |
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Glossary T TACITUS, Roman historian TAENARUS, Greek entrance to lower regions TAGUS, river in Spain and Portugal TALIESIN, Welsh bard TANAIS, ancient name of river Don TANTALUS, wicked king, punished in Hades by standing in water that retired when he would drink, under fruit trees that withdrew when he would eat TARCHON, Etruscan chief TARENTUM, Italian city TARPEIAN ROCK, in Rome, from which condemned criminals were hurled TARQUINS, a ruling family in early Roman legend TAURIS, Grecian city, site of temple of Diana (See Iphigenia) TAURUS, a mountain TARTARUS, place of confinement of Titans, etc, originally a black abyss below Hades later, represented as place where the wicked were punished, and sometimes the name used as synonymous with Hades TEIRTU, the harp of TELAMON, Greek hero and adventurer, father of Ajax TELEMACHUS, son of Ulysses and Penelope TELLUS, another name for Rhea TENEDOS, an island in Aegean Sea TERMINUS, Roman divinity presiding over boundaries and frontiers TERPSICHORE, Muse of dancing TERRA, goddess of the earth TETHYS, goddess of the sea TEUCER, ancient king of the Trojans THALIA, one of the three Graces THAMYRIS, Thracian bard, who challenged the Muses to competition in singing, and, defeated, was blinded THAUKT, Loki disguised as a hag THEBES, city founded by Cadmus and capital of Boeotia THEMIS, female Titan, law counsellor of Jove THEODORA, sister of Prince Leo THERON, one of Diana's dogs THERSITES, a brawler, killed by Achilles THESCELUS, foe of Perseus, turned to stone by sight of Gorgon's head THESEUM, Athenian temple in honor of Theseus THESEUS, son of Aegeus and Aethra, King of Athens, a great hero of many adventures THESTIUS, father of Althea THETIS, mother of Achilles THIALFI, Thor's servant THIS'BE, Babylonian maiden beloved by Pyramus THOR, the thunderer, of Norse mythology, most popular of the gods THRINA'KIA, island pasturing Hyperion's cattle, where Ulysses landed, but, his men killing some cattle for food, their ship was wrecked by lightning THRYM, giant, who buried Thor's hammer THUCYDIDES, Greek historian TIBER, river flowing through Rome TIBER, FATHER, god of the river TIGRIS, river TINTADEL, castle of, residence of King Mark of Cornwall TIRESIAS, a Greek soothsayer TISIPHONE, one of the Furies TITANS, the sons and daughters of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth), enemies of the gods and overcome by them TITHONUS, Trojan prince TITYUS, giant in Tartarus TMOLUS, a mountain god TORTOISE, second avatar of Vishnu TOURS, battle of (See Abdalrahman and Charles Martel) TOXEUS, brother of Melauger's mother, who snatched from Atalanta her hunting trophy, and was slain by Melauger, who had awarded it to her TRIAD, the Hindu TRIADS, Welsh poems TRIMURTI, Hindu Triad TRIPTOL'EMUS, son of Celeus , and who, made great by Ceres, founded her worship in Eleusis TRISTRAM, one of Arthur's knights, husband of Isoude of the White Hands, lover of Isoude the Fair, TRITON, a demi god of the sea, son of Poseidon (Neptune) and Amphitrite TROEZEN, Greek city of Argolis TROJAN WAR TROJANOVA, New Troy, City founded in Britain (See Brutus, and Lud) TROPHONIUS, oracle of, in Boeotia TROUBADOURS, poets and minstrels of Provence, in Southern France TROUVERS', poets and minstrels of Northern France TROY, city in Asia Minor, ruled by King Priam, whose son, Paris, stole away Helen, wife of Menelaus the Greek, resulting in the Trojan War and the destruction of Troy TROY, fall of TURNUS, chief of the Rutulianes in Italy, unsuccessful rival of Aeneas for Lavinia TURPIN, Archbishop of Rheims TURQUINE, Sir, a great knight, foe of Arthur, slain by Sir Launcelot TYPHON, one of the giants who attacked the gods, were defeated, and imprisoned under Mt. Aetna TYR, Norse god of battles TYRE, Phoenician city governed by Dido TYRRHEUS, herdsman of King Turnus in Italy, the slaying of whose daughter's stag aroused war upon Aeneas and his companions |
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