Thamyras

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Thămyras, ae, m.,

a Thracian poet who entered into a contest with the Muses , and , being vanquished , was deprived of his eyes , Prop. 2, 22 (3, 15), 19; Ov. Am. 3, 7, 62; id. A. A. 3, 399; id. Ib. 274; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 204.—Called Thămyris , ĭdis, Stat. Th. 4, 183.