T + 

Tacitus + 

(Tacˈi-tus), Roman historian. + 

Taenarus + 

(Taenˈa-rus), Greek entrance to lower regions. + 

Tagus + 

(Taˈgus), river in Spain and Portugal. + 

Taliesin + 

(Talˈie-sin), Welsh bard. + 

Tanais + 

(Tanˈa-is), ancient name of river Don. + 

Tantalus + 

(Tanˈta-lus), 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 + 

(Tarˈchon), Etruscan chief. + 

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. + 