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

1020 THALN A. THANATOS.
shoots of plants, and was also invoked in the po- rent. lIeauUtont.; Val. Max. ix. 12. ~ 3; Plin. I. N.
litical oath which the citizens of Athens had to vii. 53.)
take. (Paus. ix. 35. ~ 1; Pollux, Onomn. viii. 4. (JTJVENTIUS) THALNA, one of the judices
106.) [L. S.] at the trial of Clodius, in B. c. 61, was bribed by
THALLUS (~aX.ds), of Miletus, an epigram- the latter. (Cic. ad Att. i. 16. ~ 6.)
matic poet, five of whose epigrams are preserved in 5. (JUVENTIUS) THALNA, who appears to be
the Greek Anthology. Of these the first is in a different person from No. 4, is mentioned by
honour of the birthday of a Roman emperor, or Cicero in his correspondence in a. c. 45, and again
one of the imperial family (Ka~aap), on which in B.c. 44. (Cic. ad Att. xiii. 29, xvi. 6.)
account Bovinus supposes the poet to be the same THA'LPIUS (~dXarzos), a son of Euryttls, and
person who is mentioned in an extant inscription one of the leaders of the Epeians in the Trojan
as a freedman of Germanicus (Mgm. de I'Acad. war. (Hom. Il. ii. 620; Paus. v. 3. ~ 4.) [L. S.]
des Inser. vol. iii. p. 361). The name is given in THA'MYRIS (E)~davps), an ancient Thracian
various forms in the titles to the epigrams; the bard, was a son of Philammon and the nymph
first is inscribed simply a~dAAov, the second and Argiope. He went so far in his conceit as to
fourth OaXoi MlXroaiov, the fifth ~aXAoi MLArlo`ou, think that he could surpass the Muses in song;
and the third OvrlAcov, which is perhaps a cor- in consequence of which he was deprived of his
ruption of ~OuXAov. The form OaAoD may be sight and of the power of singing. (Hom. II. ii.
explained by considering OaAAod and OaA7.s as 595, &c.; Apollod. i. 3. ~ 3; Paus. iv. 33. ~ 4,
mere variations of the same word, as in many x. 7. ~ 2; Eurip. Rhes. 925.) He was represented
similar double forms; or perhaps it may have with a broken lyre in his hand. (Paus. ix. 30.
arisen from a confusion between the poet and the ~ 2.) [L. S.]
celebrated philosopher, Thales of Miletnus; but THA'MYRUS or THA'MYRAS (O~dupoS,
there is no ground whatever for supposing that the Oat/upav), artists. 1. A gem-engraver, two of
two epigrams are to be ascribed to the philosopher. whose works are extant, one of which is a fine
The name OanXtos occurs in Athenian inscriptions. cameo, in the antique style, representing an infant
(Pape, W'rtersbuch d. Griech. Eigennamen; Brunck, seated, a subject which, from the numerous repetiAnal. vol. ii. p. 164; Jacobs, Anth. Graec. vol. ii. tions of it on ancient gems, is thought by R. Rop. 150, vol. xiii. p. 956; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iv. chette to be copied from some celebrated work of
p. 496.) [P. S.] art. (Stosch, pl. lxix.; Bracci, vol. ii. pl. cxiii.;
THALLUS, P. CORNE'LIUS, son of an Caylus, Recueil, pl. xlv. n. 2; Eckhel, Pierr. grav.
architect of the same name, is designated MAG. de Vienne, pl. xxx.; R. Rochette, Lettre a 11.
(QUINQ. i. e. Magister Quinquennalis, on a Latin Scolrn, p. 156.)
inscription. Hence the father, and perhaps the 2. L. Maelius, L. L., designated Yiqscularius,
son too, must be added to the lists of ancient that is, a maker of vases, on an extant Latin inartists. (Gruter, p. xcix. 9; Bracci, llemor. de' scription. (Gruter, p. dcxliii.; R. Rochette, Lettre
Incisor. vol. ii. p. 265; R. Rochette, Lettre a M. a M. Schorn, p. 415, 2d ed.)
Schorn, p. 415, 2d ed.) [P. S.] A discussion has been raised respecting the true
THALNA or TALNA*, JUVENTIUS. 1. form of this name. KShler (Einleitlung, p. 13)
T. JUVENTIUS THALNA, praetor B. c. 194. He blames Visconti for calling the gem-engraver Tieais, perhaps, the same as the T. Juventius who was myrus instead of Tlhamyras. Of course ~AMTPOT,
sent, with two other commissioners, in B.C. 172, on the gems, might be taken as the genitive of
to purchase corn in Apulia and Calabria, for the use either; but Stosch and R. Rochette decide in
of the army and fleet in the war against Perseus. favour of Tanamyrus on the evidence of the in(Liv. xxxiv. 42, 43, xlii. 27.) scription. The truth, however, seems to be that
2. L. JUVENTIUS THALNA, served in Spain in T/wlzmyrus is merely the Latin form of ~a/vSpas,
B c. 185, as legatus to the praetor Calpurnius Piso. which is the genuine Greek, and which is only a
(Liv. xxxix. 31, 38.) variation of Odauvpls. (Pape, TWIrterbuch d. Griech.
3. M'. JUVENTIUS L. F. T. N. THALNA, son Eigennamen.) [P. S.]
of No. 2, was tribune of the plebs a. c. 170, when, THA'NATOS (Odvaros), Latin Mors, a perin conjunction with his colleague Cn. Aufidius, he sonification of Death. In the Homeric poems
accused the praetor C. Lucretius, on account of his Death does not appear as a distinct divinity, though
tyrannical and oppressive conduct in Greece. He he is described as the brother of Sleep, together
was praetor in B. C. 167, and obtained the juris- with whom he carries the body of Sarpedon from the
dictio inter peregrinos; and in this year he pro- field of battle to the country of the Lycians. (II.
posed to the people, without previously consulting xvi. 672, xiv. 231.) In Hesiod (T/heoq. 211, &c.
the senate, that war should be declared against the 756) he is a son of Night and a brother of Ker
Rhodians, ii hopes of obtaining the command and Sleep, and Death and Sleep reside in the
himself. His proposition was vehemently opposed lower world. (Comp. Virg. Aen. vi. 277.) In
by the tribunes M. Antonius and M. Pomponlius. the Alcestis of Euripides, where Death comes upon
lie was consul in B. C. 163, with Ti. Sempronius the stage, he appears as an austere priest of Hades
Gracchus, and carried on war against the Corsicans, in a dark robe and with the sacrificial sword, with
whom he subdued. The senate in consequence which he cuts off a lock of a dying person, and
voted him the honour of a thanksgiving; and he devotes it to the lower world. (Alcest. 75, 843,
was so overcome with joy at the intelligence, which 845.) On the whole, later poets describe Death
he received as he was offering a sacrifice, that he as a sad or terrific being (Horat. Carm. i. 4. 13,
dropt down dead on the spot. (Liv. xliii. 8, xlv. Sat. ii. 1. 58), but the best artists of the Greeks,
16, 21; Fasti Capitol.; Obseq. 73; Titulus Te- avoiding any thing that might be displeasing,
abandoned the ideas suggested to them by the
* Thlnla, which occurs in the Capitoline Fasti, poets, and represented Death under a more pleasis the correct form. ing aspect. On the chest of Cypselus, Night was