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

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represented with two boys, one black and the other teaching of Socrates. Eusebius (Chron.) places
white (Paus. v. 18. ~ l), and at Sparta there were " Theaetetus the mathematician" at 01. 85, B. c.
statues of both Death and Sleep. (iii. 18. ~ 1.) 440, a date w]hich can only be accepted as referring,
Both were usually represented as slumbering not to the time when he really flourished, but when,
youths, or as genii with torches turned upside as a mere youth, he became the disciple of Socrates.
down. There are traces of sacrifices having been (Comp. Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iii. p. 78, note.)
offered to Death (Serv. ad Aen. xi. 197; Stat. 3. A poet of the Greek Anthology, of whom we
Theb. iv. 528; Lucan, vi. 600; Philostr. Vit. Apoll. only know with certainty that he lived at or after
v. 4), but no temples are mentioned anywhere. the time of the Academic philosopher Crantor, his
Comp. the excellent Treatise of Lessing, Wie die epitaph upon whom is preserved by Diogenes
Alten den Tod gebildet. [L. S.] Laertius (iv. 25). Crantor flourished about 01. 116,
THARYPS or THA'RYPAS, (~dpvu, ~apv- B.C. 316. Six epigrams of his are contained in
ras), king of the Molossians, is mentioned by the Greek Anthology (Brunck, Anal. vol. ii. p. 251,
Thucydides (ii. 80) as a minor in B. c. 429. He vol. iii. p. 131, Lection. p. 189; Jacobs, Anth. Graec.
was the father of ALCETAS I., and is said to have vol. ii. p. 227, vol. xiii. p. 957; Fabric. Bibl. Graeo.
been the first to introduce Hellenic civilization vol. iv. p. 496.)
among his subjects. (Paus. i. 11; Plut. Pyrrh. 1.) 4. Scholasticus, an epigrammatist of the time of
Plutarch (I. c.) calls him Tharrhytas. [E. E.] Justinian, as is clearly proved by the references in
THASUS (Oaieos), a son of Poseidon, or Cilix his epigrams to-Domninus, who was prefect of the
or Agenor, was one of those who set out from city under Justin I. (Ep. 5), and to Julianus AnPhoenicia in search of Europa, and thus founded tecessor (Ep. 6). Reiske confounded him with the
the town of Thasos. (Herod. ii. 44, vi. 47; Paus. former epigrammatist of the same name (No. 2).
v. 25. ~ 7; Apollod. iii. 1. ~ 1.) [L. S.] The Medicean library contains a MS. tract 7rep!
THAU'MACUS (O~a'/naKx), the father of'TTlICKV OVUedsceLor under the name of Theaetetus
Poas, from whom the town of Thaumacia in Mag- Scholasticus (Bandini, Catal. vol. ii. p. 368); and
nesia was believed to have received its name. Suidas (s. v. Ovbr p 7rp TbrV Ate'ViOV) mentions a
(Steph. Byz. s. v. OavlctAaKa; compare Hom. In. work on Proverbs (irepI 7rapolqulcZi) by a certain
ii. 716.) [L. S.] Theaetetus. (Brunck, Anal. vol. ii. p. 514; Jacobs,
THAUMAS (OadSzas), a son of Pontus and Anth. Graec. vol. iii. p. 214, vol. kiii. p. 957; Fabric.
Ge, and by the Oceanide Electra, the father of Bibl. Graec. vol. iv. p. 496.) [P. S.]
Iris and the Harpies. (Hes. T/leog. 237, 265, &c.; THEA'GENES (~ea'yievs), historical. 1. TyCallim. HIymn. in Del. 67; Ov. iMet. iv. 479, xiv. rant of Megara. He obtained his power probably
845.) There is also mention of a Centaur Than- about B. c. 630, having espoused the part of the
mas. (Ov. Met. xii. 304.) [L. S.] commonalty against the nobles. He is said to have
THEAETE'TUS (OeaiTrsToT), a Rhodian, who gained their confidence by violent aggressions on
was one of the leaders of the party in his native the wealthy proprietors, whose cattle he destroyed
city favourable to the Roman cause. He is first in their pastures. (Arist. Pol. v. 4, 5, Rhet. i. 2,
mentioned as accompanying Philophron on an em- 7.) Mr. Malden (Hist. of Rome, p. 153, " Library
bassy to the ten Roman deputies, who after the of Useful Knowledge,") supposes that these were
defeat of Antiochus settled the affairs of Asia, public lands. By these outrages, and other demaB. c. 189. (Polyb. xxiii. 3.) During the war be- gogic arts, he gained the enthusiastic attachment
tween the Romans and Perseus, his name is again of the commonalty, and by a vote of the people
repeatedly associated with that of Philophron: obtained a body of guards, by whose aid he overtheir efforts to oppose all concessions to the Mace- threw the oligarchy, and made himself tyrant. He
denian king and his partisans, have been already was, however, driven out before his death. He
related. [PHILOPHRON.] Hence when the defeat gave his daughter in marriage to Cylon. [CYLON.]
of Perseus gave the decided preponderance to the Pausanias (i. 40. ~ 1, i. 41. ~ 2) mentions some
Roman party, the Rhodians hastened to appoint public works which he erected in Megara. Like
Theaetetus their admiral, an office of the highest most of the other tyrants, he, doubtless, found it
rank in that naval republic, and at the same time expedient to foster industry and the arts. But
sent him as their ambassador to Rome, to intercede from the picture which some time afteriTheognis
in favour of his native city. But the advanced gives of the state of the country, it does not seem
age of their deputy frustrated their intentions: that the people generally were permanently beneTheaetetus, who was above 80 years old, dying at fited by the reign of Theagenes. (Thirlwall, Hist.
Rome before the senate had come to a decision of Greece, vol. i. p. 428; Grote, Hist. of Greece,
concerning his countrymen. (Polyb. xxvii. 11, vol. iii. p. 59.)
xxviii. 2, 14, xxix. 5, xxx. 5, 19.) [E. H. B.] 2. A Thasian, the son of Timosthenes, renowned
THEAETE'TUS (CeaiLTr7TOS), literary. 1. A for his extraordinary strength and swiftness. At
Pythagorean philosopher, who legislated for the the age of nine years he was said to have carried
Locrians. (Iamblich. Vit. Pytlz. 30; Fabric. Bibl. home a brazen statue of a god from the agora. As
G(raec. vol. i. p. 876, vol. ii. p. 38.) he grew up he became distinguished in every spe2. An Athenian, the son of Euphronius of cies of athletic contest, and gained numerous vicSunium, is introduced as one of the speakers ii tories at the Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, and
Plato's Tlzeaetetus and Sophistes, in which dialogues Isthmian games. Altogether he was said to have
he is spoken of as a noble, courageous, and well- won 1300 crowns. (Paus. vi. 11. ~ 2, &c.; Plut.
disposed youth; in person somewhat like Socrates; Reip. gerend. I'raecept. p. 811.) He gained one
and ardent in the pursuit of knowledge, especially victory at Olympia in the 75th Olympiad, B. C.
in the study of geometry. (Plat. Theaet. pp. 143, 480. (Paus. vi. 6. ~ 5.) The popular story among
144, et alib.; Sophist. passim; Polit. pp. 257, 258, the Thasians was, that Hercules was his father.
p. 266, a.) Diogenes Laiirtius (ii. 29) mentions A curious story is told by Pausanias (vi. 11. ~ 6,
him as an example of the happy effects.of the &c.) about a statue of Theagenes, hich a man,