SYRINX, nymph, pursued by Pan, but escaping by being changed to a bunch of reeds (See Pandean pipes)
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 t.i.tans, 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
TERPSICh.o.r.e, Muse of dancing
TERRA, G.o.ddess of the earth
TETHYS, G.o.ddess of the sea
TEUCER, ancient king of the Trojans
THALIA, one of the three Graces
THAMYRIS, Thracian bard, who challenged the Muses to compet.i.tion in singing, and, defeated, was blinded
THAUKT, Loki disguised as a hag
THEBES, city founded by Cadmus and capital of Boeotia
THEMIS, female t.i.tan, 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
THESSALY
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 G.o.ds
THRACE
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, G.o.d of the river
TIGRIS, river
TINTADEL, castle of, residence of King Mark of Cornwall