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Thesʹpis, Thesʹpian

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Dramatic. Thespis was the father of Greek tragedy.

“The race of learned men,

… . Oft they snatch the pen,

As if inspired, and in a Thespian rage;

Then write.”



“Thespis, the first professor of our art,

At country wakes sang ballads from a cart.”


Dryden: Prologue to Sophonisba.

 

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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.

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Theon’s Tooth
Theosophy
Therapeutæ
Theresa
Thermidorians
Thersites
Theseus
Thespians
Thespis, Thespian
Thessalian
Thestylis
Thick
Thick-skinned
Thinskinned
Thief
Thieves Latin
Thieves on the Cross
Thimble
Thimble-rig