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epub:type="glossterm"> Tarentum

(Ta-renˈtum), Italian city.

Tarpeian rock

(Tar-peˈian rock), in Rome, from which condemned criminals were hurled.

Tarquins

(Tarˈquins), a ruling family in early Roman legend.

Tauris

(Tauˈris), Grecian city, site of temple of Diana. See Iphigenia.

Taurus

(Tauˈrus), a mountain.

Tartarus

(Tarˈta-rus), 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

(Teirˈtu), the harp of.

Telamon

(Telˈa-mon), Greek hero and adventurer, father of Ajax.

Telemachus

(Te-lemˈa-chus), son of Ulysses and Penelope.

Tellus

(Telˈlus), another name for Rhea.

Tenedos

(Tenˈe-dos), an island in Aegean Sea.

Terminus

(Terˈmi-nus), Roman divinity presiding over boundaries and frontiers.

Terpsichore

(Terp-sichˈo-re), Muse of dancing.

Terra

(Terˈra), goddess of the earth.

Tethys

(Teˈthys), goddess of the sea.

Teucer

(Teuˈcer), ancient king of the Trojans.

Thalia

(Tha-liˈa), one of the three Graces.

Thamyris

(Thamˈy-ris), Thracian bard, who challenged the Muses to competition in singing, and, defeated, was blinded.

Thaukt

(Thaukt), Loki disguised as a hag.

Thebes

(Thebes), city founded by Cadmus, and capital of Boeotia.

Themis

(Theˈmis), female Titan, law-counsellor of Jove.

Theodora

(The-o-doˈra), sister of Prince Leo.

Theron

(Theˈron), one of Diana’s dogs.

Thersites

(Ther-siˈtes), a brawler, killed by Achilles.

Thescelus

(Thesˈce-lus), foe of Perseus, turned to stone by sight of Gorgon’s head.

Theseum

(The-seˈum), Athenian temple in honor of Theseus.

Theseus

(Theˈse-us), son of Aegeus and Aethra, King of Athens, a great hero of many adventures.

Thestius

(Thesˈti-us), father of Althea.

Thetis

(Theˈtis), mother of Achilles.

Thialfi

(Thiˈal-fi), Thor’s servant.

Thisbe

(Thisˈbe), Babylonian maiden beloved by Pyramus.

Thor

(Thor), the thunderer, of Norse mythology, most popular of the gods.

Thrinakia

(Thri-naˈki-a), island pasturing Hyperion’s cattle, where Ulysses landed, but, his men killing some cattle for food, their ship was wrecked by lightning.

Thrym

(Thrym), giant, who buried Thor’s hammer.

Thucydides

(Thu-cydˈi-des), Greek historian.

Tiber

(Tiˈber), river flowing through Rome.

(Tiber), Father, god of the river.

Tigris

(Tiˈgris), river.

Tintadel

(Tin-taˈdel), castle of, residence of King Mark of Cornwall.

Tiresias

(Ti-reˈsi-as), a Greek soothsayer.

Tisiphone

(Ti-siphˈo-ne), one of the Furies.

Titans

(Tiˈtans), the sons and daughters of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth), enemies of the gods and overcome by them.

Tithonus

(Ti-thoˈnus), Trojan prince.

Tityus

(Titˈy-us), giant in Tartarus.

Tmolus

(Tmoˈlus), a mountain god.

Tortoise

(Tortoise), second avatar of Vishnu.

Tours

(Tours), battle of. See Abdalrahman and Charles Martel.

Toxeus

(Toxˈe-us), brother of Melauger’s mother, who snatched from Atalanta her hunting trophy, and was slain by Melauger, who had awarded it to her.

Triad

(Triad), the Hindu.

Triads

(Triads), Welsh poems.

Trimurti

(Tri-murˈti), Hindu Triad.

Triptolemus

(Trip-tolˈe-mus), son of Celeus, and who, made great by Ceres, founded her worship in Eleusis.

Tristram

(Trisˈtram), one of Arthur’s knights, husband of Isoude of the White Hands, lover of Isoude the Fair.

Triton

(Triˈton), a demigod of the sea, son of Poseidon (Neptune) and Amphitrite.

Troezen

(Troeˈzen), Greek city of Argolis.

Trojanova

(Tro-ja-noˈva), New Troy, city founded in Britain. See Brutus and Lud.

Trophonius

(Tro-phoˈni-us), oracle of, in Boeotia.

Troubadours

(Trouˈba-dours), poets and minstrels of Provence, in Southern France.

Trouveurs

(Trou-veursˈ), poets and minstrels of Northern France.

Troy

(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.

Turnus

(Turˈnus), chief of the Rutulianes in Italy, unsuccessful rival of Aeneas for Lavinia.

Turpin

(Turˈpin), Archbishop of Rheims.

Turquine

(Turˈquine), Sir, a great knight, foe of Arthur, slain by Sir Launcelot.

Typhon

(Tyˈphon), one of the giants who attacked the gods, were defeated, and imprisoned under Mt. Aetna.

Tyr

(Tyr), Norse god of battles.

Tyre

(Tyre), Phoenician city governed by Dido.

Tyrrheus

(Tyrˈrhe-us), herdsman of King Turnus in Italy, the slaying of whose daughter’s stag aroused war upon Aeneas and his companions.

U Uberto

(U-berˈto), son of Galafron.

Ulysses Greek

(U-lysˈses (Greek), Odysseus), hero of the Odyssey.

Unicorn

(Uˈni-corn), fabled animal with a single horn.

Urania

(U-raˈni-a), one of the Muses, a daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne.

Urdur

(Urˈdur), one of the Norns or Fates of Scandinavia, representing the Past.

Usk

(Usk), British river.

Utgard

(Utˈgard), abode of the giant Utgard-Loki.

Utgard-Loki

(Utˈgard-Loˈki), King of the Giants. See Skrymir.

Uther

(Uˈther (Uther Pendragon)), king of Britain and father of Arthur.

Uwaine

(U-waineˈ), knight of Arthur’s court.

V Vaissyas

(Va-isˈsy-as), Hindu caste of agriculturists and traders.

Valhalla

(Val-halˈla), hall of Odin, heavenly residence of slain heroes.

Valkyrie

(Val-kyˈrie), armed and mounted warlike virgins, daughters of the gods (Norse), Odin’s messengers, who select slain heroes for Valhalla and serve them at their feasts.

Ve

(Ve), brother of Odin.

Vedas

(Veˈdas), Hindu sacred Scriptures.

Venedotia

(Ven-e-doˈti-a), ancient name for North Wales.

Venus

(Veˈnus (Aphrodite)), goddess of beauty.

Venus de Medici

(Veˈnus de Medˈi-ci), famous antique statue in Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.

Verdandi

(Ver-danˈdi), the Present, one of the Norns.

Vertumnus

(Ver-tumˈnus), god of the changing seasons, whose varied appearances won the love of Pomona.

Vesta

(Vesˈta), daughter of Cronos and Rhea; goddess of the home-fire, or hearth.

Vestals

(Vesˈtals), virgin priestesses in temple of Vesta.

Vesuvius

(Ve-suˈvi-us), Mount, volcano near Naples.

Villains

(Villains), peasants in the feudal scheme.

Vigrid

(Vigˈrid), final battlefield, with destruction of the gods and their enemies, the sun, the earth, and time itself.

Vili

(Viˈli), brother of Odin and Ve.

Virgil

(Virˈgil), celebrated Latin poet. See Aeneid.

Virgo

(Virˈgo),