Thŏas, antis, m., = Θόας.
I A king of the Chersonesus Taurica, under whom Iphigenia was priestess of the Tauric Diana; he was slain by Orestes , Ov. P. 3, 2, 59; id. Tr. 1, 9, 28; 4, 4, 66.
II —Hence, Thŏantēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thoas; poet. for Tauric : Diana, Val. Fl. 8, 208; Sil. 14, 260; called also dea, Ov. Ib. 386. —
II A king of Lemnos , father of Hypsipyle , by whom he was conveyed to Chios , when the women of Lemnos slew all the men there , Hyg. Fab. 15; Ov. H. 6, 135; id. M. 13, 399; Stat. Th. 5, 239 sq.—Hence,
1 Thŏantĭ-ăs , ădis, f., daughter of Thoas , i. e. Hypsipyle , Ov. H. 6, 163. —
2 Thŏantis , ĭdis, f., the same, Stat. Th. 5, 650; 5, 700.—
III An Aetolian , son of Andraemon , one of the Greeks who besieged Troy , Verg. A. 2, 262; Hyg. Fab. 81; 97; 114.—
IV A companion of Aeneas , Verg. A. 10, 415.