Thamʹyris
. A Thracian bard mentioned by Homer (Iliad, ii. 595). He challenged the Muses to a trial of skill, and, being overcome in the contest, was deprived by them of his sight and power of song. He is represented with a broken lyre in his hand.
“Blind Thamyris and blind Mæonʹidēs [Homer],
And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old.”
⁂ “Tiresias” pronounce Tiʹ-re-sas, “Phineus” pronounce Fiʹnuce.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.