| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Nymph name "Taras" | Greek | A son of Poseidon by a nymph, is said to have traversed the sea from the promontory of Taenarum to the south of Italy, riding on a dolphin, and to have founded Tarentum in Italy, where he was worshipped as a hero. Greek |
"Targitaus" | Greek | A son of Zeus by a daughter of Borysthenes, was believed to be the ancestor of all the Scythians. Greek |
"Tartarus" | Greek | According to the earliest Greek views, a dark abyss, which lay as far below the surface of the earth as the earth is from the heavens. Above Tartarus were the foundations of the earth and sea. It was surrounded by an iron wall with iron gates set up by Poseidon, and by a trebly thick layer of night, and it served as the prison of the dethroned Cronus, and of the conquered Titans who were guarded by the hecatoncheires, the hundred-armed sons of Uråñuś. Greek |
"Taureus" | Greek | A surname of Poseidon, given to him either because bulls were sacrificed to him, or because he was the divinity that gave green pasture to bulls on the sea-coast. Greek |
"Taurocephalus" | Greek | A surname of Dionysus in the Orphic mysteries. It also occurs as a surname of rivers and the ocean, who were symbolically represented as bulls, to indicate their fertilising effect upon countries. Greek |
"Taygete" | Greek | A daughter of Atlas and Pleione, one of the Pleiades. By Zeus she became the mother of Lacedaemon and of Eurotas. Mount Taygetus, in Laconia, derived its name from her. Greek |
"Teiresias" | Greek | Or Tiresias, a son of Everes and Chariclo. He belonged to the ancient family of Udaeus at Thebes, and was one of the most renowned soothsayers in all antiquity. Greek |
"Telchines" | Greek | A family, a clåśś of people, or a tribe, said to have been descended from Thalåśśa or Poseidon. Greek |
"Telemachus" | Greek | The son of Odysseus and Penelope. He was still an infant at the time when his father went to Troy, and in his absence of nearly twenty years he grew up to manhood. Greek |
"Teleon" | Greek | 1. An Athenian, a son of Ion, the husband of Zeuxippe, and father of the Argonaut Butes. (Apollodorus i.) From him the Teleonites in Attica derived their name. |
| King name "Telephus" | Greek | A son of Heracles and Auge, the daughter of king Aleus of Tegea. He was reared by a hind and educated by king Corythus in Arcadia. Greek |
"Telesphorus" | Greek | That is, "the completing," is the name of a medical divinity who is mentioned now and then in connection with Asclepius. Greek |
| Goddess name "Telesto" | Greek | Goddess of initiations Greek |
"Telete" | Greek | The daughter of Nicaea and Dionysus and regarded as the personification of Initiation into a mystery cult. Greek |
| Nymph name "Telphusa" | Greek | A daughter of Ladon, a nymph from whom the town of Telphusa in Arcadia derived its name. Greek |
"Temenus" | Greek | 1. A son of Pelasgus, educated Hera at Stymphalus in Arcadia. |
| Nymph name "Terambus" | Greek | A son of Euseirus and Eidothea. Once he was tending his flocks on Mount Othrys in Melis, under the protection of the nymphs whom he delighted with his songs, for he was a distinguished musician, and played both the syrinx and the lyre. Greek |
| King name "Tereus" | Greek | A son of Ares, a king of the Thracians, in Daulis, afterwards Phocis. Some traditions place Tereus at Pegae, in Megaris. Greek |
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