A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

1002 TERILLUS. TERPANDER.
Dunlop, Iist. Romn. Lit. vol. i. p. 11 0, foll.; Dry- Rhegium, while on the other hand he maintained
den's "Essay on Dramatic Poesie" (works, vol. relations of friendship and hospitality with the
xv. p. 263. Scott. ed.); Hnrd's (Bp.) Dialogues on Carthaginian general Hamilcar. Hence, when he
" Poetical Imitation," "Provinces of the Drama," was expelled from Himera, by Theron, tyrant of
&c.; Diderot, "Essai sur la Poesie Dramatique" Agrigentum, he applied to the Carthaginians for
(oeuvres); Spectator, No. 502; Colman's "Te- assistance, and his son-in-law Anaxilas not only
rence," &c. [W. B. D.] supported his prayers, but gave his own children as
TERES (T5prs). 1. King of the Odrysae and hostages for his sincerity. The Carthaginians acfather of SITALCES, was the founder of the great cordingly determined to undertake his restoration,
Odryssian monarchy A daughter of his married or rather, under pretence of doing so, to extend
Ariapeithes, king of the Scythians. (Herod. iv. 80, their own power in Sicily, and the expulsion of
vii. 137; Thuc. ii. 29; Xen. Anab. vii. 2. ~ 22, 5. Terillus thus became the real cause of their great
~ ~ 1.) expedition under Hamilcar, which terminated in
2. King of a portion of Thrace in the time of the memorable battle of Himera, B. c. 480. (Herod.
Philip of Macedon, with whom he was at first vii. 165.) Of the fate of Terillus himself after the
allied against the Athenians. Afterwards, how- defeat of his allies we know nothing. [E. H. B.]
ever, he joined Cersobleptes in hostilities to Philip, TE'RMINUS, a Roman divinity presiding over
and, together with his confederate, was subdued boundaries and frontiers. His worship is said to
by the Macedonian king early in B. C. 342. (Phil. have been instituted by Numa who ordered that
Ep. ad Ath. ap. Demost. p. 161; comp. Diod. xvi. every one should mark the boundaries of his landed
71.) [CERSOBLEPTES.] [E. E.] property by stones to be consecrated to Jupiter
TEREUS (TijpeVs), a son of Ares, a king of the (Zebs 0pLos), and at which every year sacrifices
Thracians, in Daulis, afterwards Phocis. (Apollod. were to be offered at the festival of the Terminalia.
iii. 14. ~ 8; Thucyd. ii. 29.) Some traditions place (Dionys. ii. 9, 74.) These sacred boundaries exTereus at Pegae, in Megaris. (Paus. i. 41. ~ 8.) isted not only in regard to private property, but
Pandion, king of Attica, who by his wife Zeux- also in regard to the state itself, the boundary of
ippe had two daughters, Philomela and Procne, which was not to be trangressed by any foreign
and twin sons, Erechtheus and Butes, called in the foe. But in later times the latter must have fallen
assistance of Tereus against some enemy, and gave into oblivion, while the termini of private property
him his daughter Procne in marriage. Tereus be- retained their sacred character even in the days of
came by her the father of Itys, and then concealed Dionysius, who states that sacrifices of cakes, meal,
her somewhere in the country, that he might thus and fruit (for it was unlawful to stain the boundary
be enabled to marry her sister Philomela whom he stones with blood), still continued to be offered.
deceived by saying that Procne was dead. At the The god Terminus himself appears to have been
same time he deprived Philomela of her tongue. no other than Jupiter himself, in the capacity of
Ovid (Alet. vi. 565) reverses the story by stating the protector of boundaries. (Ov. Fast. ii. 639,
that Tereus told Procne that her sister Philomela &c.; Lactant. i. 20, 37.) The Terminus of the
was dead. Philomela, however, soon learned the Roman state originally stood between the fifth and
truth, and made it known by a few words which sixth milestone on the road towards Laurentum,
she wove into a peplus. Procne then came to Phi- near a place called Festi, and that ancient boundary
lomela and killed her own son Itys. Tereus, who of the ager Romanus continued to be revered with
had been cautioned by an oracle against such an the same ceremonies as the boundaries of private
occurrence, suspected his own brother Dryas and estates. (Ov. Fast. 1. c.; Strab. v. p. 230.) Another
killed him. (Hygin. Fab. 45.) Procne took fur- public Terminus stood in the temple of Jupiter in
ther vengeance by placing the flesh of her own the Capitol, and above it there was an opening in
child in a dish before Tereus, and then fled with the roof, because no Terminus was allowed to be
her sister. Tereus pursued them with an axe, under cover. (Fest. p. 368, ed. Miiller.) This is
and when the sisters were overtaken they prayed another proof that Terminus was only an attribute
to the gods to change them into birds. Procne, of Jupiter, although tradition gave a different reaaccordingly, became a nightingale, Philomela a son for this circumstance; for when that temple
swallow, and Tereus a hoopop. (Tzetz. Chil. was to be founded, and it was necessary to exauvii. 142, 459; Eustath. ad Honz. p. 1875; gurate other sanctuaries standing on the same site,
Serv. ad Virg. Eclog. vi. 78; Ov. Met. vi. 424- all the gods readily gave way to Jupiter and Juno,
675.) According to some, Procne became a swal- but the auguries would not allow the sanctuaries of
low, Philomela a nightingale, and Tereus a hawk. Terminus and Juventas to be removed. This was
(Hygin. Fab. 45.) According to the Megarian taken as an omen that the Roman state would retradition, Tereus, being unable to overtake the main ever undimlinished and young, and the chapels
women, killed himself. The Megarians showed of the two divinities were inclosed within the walls
the tomb of Tereus in their own country, and an of the new temple. (Serv. ad Aen. ii. 575, ix.
annual sacrifice was offered to him. Procne and 448; Ov. Fast. ii. 671.) Here we may ask, what
Philomela, moreover, were there believed to have had a Terminus to do on the Capitol, unless he was
escaped to Attica, and to have wept themselves to connected or identical with Jupiter? (Comp. Liv.
death. (Paus. i. 41. ~ 8.) [L. S.] i. 55, v. 54, xliii. 13, xlv. 44; Polyb. iii. 25
TERIDArTES. [TIRIDATES.] Hartung, Die Relig. der R;ma. ii. p. 50, &c.) [L. S.]
TERILLUS (TphsXXos), son of Crinippus, ty- TERPANDER (TEp7rnavspos), of Lesbos, was
rant of Himera, in Sicily. We know nothing of the father of Greek music, and through it of lyric
the means by which he rose to power, or of the poetry, although his own poetical compositions were
duration or events of his reign: it is only from few and in extremely simple rhythms.
subsequent circumstances that we learn that he had MUller, whose account of Terpander is so excelsought to fortify his power by giving his daughter lent, that it is necessary to follow him to a great exCydippe in marriage to Anaxilas, the ruler of tent, has justly remarked that, setting aside the my