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the frieze which others assigned to our artist. when the Greeks had reached the river Teleboas
(Vitruv. 1. c.) on the frontier of his territory, he himself rode up
The Artemis of Timotheus was esteemed worthy to their camp and proposed a truce, on condition
to be placed by the side of the Apollo of Scopas that both parties should abstain from molesting each
and the Latona of Praxiteles, in the temple which other, the Greeks taking only what they needed
Augustus erected to Apollo on the Palatine (Plin. while in his country. The terms were accepted,
1.c. ~ 10; the lines of Propertius, describing these but Tiribazus kept watching the 10,000 at the
statues, are quoted under ScoP.AS, p. 756, b.). distance of several stadia with the intent of assailThe head of this statue, however, was only a ing them in a mountain pass, through which their
restoration by Aulanius Evander. (Plin. 1. c.) march necessarily lay. On hearing this, the main
Pausanias (ii. 32. ~ 3. s. 4) mentions Timo- body of the Greeks hastened to secure the pass,
theus as the maker of a statue at Troezen, which and, having moreover attacked the camp of Tirithe Troezenians themselves believed to represent bazus, put the barbarians to flight, and captured
Hippolytus, but which he considered to be the the tent of the satrap himself (Xen. Analab. iv. 4.
statue of Asclepius. Pliny also enumerates Timo- ~~ 4-7, 16-21, 5. ~ l, vii. 8. ~ 25; Diod. xiv.
theus among the artists who made atlhletas et ar- 27.) Tiribazus succeeded Tithraustes as satrap of
matos et venatores sacrificantesque (H. N. xxxiv. 8. Western Asia, and in this office we find him in
s. 19. ~ 34). There is no ground for the doubt B. C. 393, when Antalcidas was sent to negotiate,
expressed by Sillig respecting the identity of the through him, a peace for Sparta with the Persian
Timotheus referred to in all these passages. It is king. The satrap was convinced by Antalcidas
quite true that the artists of the later Attic school that it was expedient for Artaxerxes to support
of sculpture wrought chiefly in marble; but there the Lacedaemonians, and he accordingly gave them
is sufficient evidence that they also practised the all the help which he could venture to furnish
art of casting in bronze. [P. S.] without express authority from his master. We
TIMO'XENUS (TA~uo'evos). 1. The com- do not know the cause which led to Tiribazus
mander of the troops of Scione, attempted to betray being superseded by Struthas, in B. C. 392; but by
Potidaea to the Persians in B. C. 480, but his B. C. 388 he had returned to his satrapy. He then
treachery was discovered. (Herod. viii. 128; co-operated cordially, as before, with Antalcidas,
Polyaen. vii. 33. ~ 1; Aeneas Tact. Poliorcet. perhaps accompanied him to the Persian court to
p. 31.) support his cause there, and, having summoned, on
2. Son of Timocrates, was one of the com- his return, a congress of deputies from Greek
manders of the Corinthian force sent to Acarnania states, he promulgated in the king's name the
in B. c. 431. (Thuc. ii. 33.) famous decree which laid down the terms of the
3. The Achaean, was general of the Achaean peace of Antalcidas (Xen. Hell. iv. 8. ~~ 12, &c.,
League in B.c. 223, in which year he obtained v. 1. ~~ 6, 25-31; Diod. xiv. 85). [ANTALCIpossession of Argos, and successfully resisted the DAS; CONON; STRa7THAS.] In B. C 386 he was
efforts of Cleomenes to recover it. In n. c. 221 he appointed to command the Persian fleet against
was again general of the League; but in conse- Evagoras, the land forces being entrusted to Oronquence of the want of discipline and practice among tes. They defeated Evagoras, and formed the siege
the Achaean troops, he was unwilling to undertake of Salamis; but Tiribazus was impeached by Oron~the command of the war against the Aetolians; tes, and was recalled to court to answer for his
and accordingly a few days before the expiration conduct, B. C. 385. The accounts of what followed,
of the office, he resigned it to Aratus, who was as given by Diodorus and Plutarch, it is not very
already general elect. He was a candidate for the easy to reconcile. The former seems to intimate
office again iB.c. 218, and was supported by that Tiribazus was detained in prison until the reAratus, but he was not elected in consequence of the turn of Artaxerxes from his expedition against the
influence of Apelles, the minister of Philip V., Cadusii; while Plutarch tells us that he accomwho wished to mortify Aratus. He was however panied the king in his campaign, and did good
general again in B. C. 216, after the termination of service by exciting mutual suspicion against one
the Social VWar. (Polyb. ii. 53, iv. 6, 7, 82, v. 106; another in the two Cadusian kings, and so inPlnt. Cleom. 20, Arat. 38, 47.) ducing them separately to sue for peace. The lanT. TINCA, of Placentia, was celebrated for his guage of Plutarch, however, implies that during
wit, but was no match for Granius. (Cic. Brut. 46.) the expedition in question Tiribazus was in dis[GRANIUS, No. 1.] grace, and it appears therefore that his trial did
TINEIUS CLEMENS, consul under Septi- not take place until the king's return. It came on
mius Severus, A.. 195, with Scapula Tertullus. before three judges of the highest reputation,
(Dig. 27. tit. 9. s. 1; Cod. 9. tit. 1. s. 1.) whose sense of impartiality would be also quickTINEIUS SACERDOS. [SACERDos.] ened by the recollection that some of their preTIPHYS (Tpvs), a son of Agnius or of Phorbas decessors had been recently flayed alive for an
and Hyrmine, of Siphae or Tiphae in Boeotia, was unjust sentence, and that the judgment-seat was
the helmsman of the ship Argo. (Apollon. Rhod. now covered with their skins. Tiribazus trii. 105; Paus. ix. 32. ~ 3; Apollod. i. 9. ~ 22; umphantly disposed of the charges against him,
HSygin. Fab. 14; Schol. ad Apollon. 1. c.) [L. S.] and was honourably acquitted with the full approTIRESIAS. [TEIRESIAS.] bation of Artaxerxts, in consideration not only of
TIRIBAZUS or TERIBAZUS (Tlptigaos, his innocence in regard to the special charges, but
Tspfia~og), a Persian, high in the favour of Arta- also of the great services he had rendered to his
xerxes II. (Mnemon), and when he was present, master. (Diod. xv. 8 —11; Wess. ad loc.; Plut.
so Xenophon tells us, no one else had the honour Artax. 24.) [EVAGORAS; Gaos; ORONTES.]
of helping the sovereign to mount his horse. At He now stood higher than ever in the royal favour,
the time of the retreat of the 10,000, in B. C. 401, and received a promise of the hand of Amestris,
Tiribazuls was satrap of Western Armenia, and, I the king's daughter. Artaxerxes, however, broke