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Theophylactus

surnamed SIMOCATTA (the-ō-fil-ak'tus), a Byzantine historian; born in Locri about 570. Three of his works are extant: "History of the Emperor Maurice"; "Problems of Physics";, ; "Letters, Moral, Rural, and Amorous," of these there are 85, in which are imitated the letters of Aristæ netus. He died in Locri about 629. the reign of Philip of Macedon as central

Theophrasta

(named after Theo-

Theriodontia

in palæontology, an order of Reptilia, founded by Owen for the reception of a number of remains from deposits in South Africa of Triassic or Permian age. The dentition is of the carnivorous type, consisting of incisors, canines, and molars.

Thersites

in mythology, son of Agrius, whom Homer, in the "Iliad," makes the ugliest and most impudent of the Greeks before Troy. His name became a synonym for dastardly impudence. Later poets say he was slain by Achilles for calumniating him.

Thesmothete

in Greek antiquity, a lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six inferior archons at Athens who presided at the election of the lower magistrates, received criminal informations in various matters, decided civil causes on arbitration, took the votes at elections, and performed a variety of other offices.

Thespius

in mythology, a king of the Thespiades, and father of 50 daughters, all of whom bore children to Hercules. The Thespiades were conducted to Sardinia by Iolaus.

Thetis

in zoölogy, a genus of Myacidæ. Shell sub-orbicular, ventricose, thin, translucent, granulated on the surface, and with a slightly nacreous interior. Hinge teeth one or two. Known species: Recent five from Great Britain, France, India, etc.; fossil 17, from the Neocomian of Great Britain, Belgium, France, and Southern India onward.

Thiethaldine

C6H12 (C2H5) NS2; prepared from ethylamine in the same way as thiamethaldine. Has not been obtained pure.

Thietsie

a resinous substance used as a varnish by the Burmese. It exudes from Melanorrhea usitatissima in the form of a very viscid, light-brown liquid.

The main portion is soluble in alcohol, and is very tenacious. The remaining portion is insoluble in ether, and changes, on exposure to the air, to a deep black and nearly solid substance.

Thirlmere

a narrow sheet of water in Cumberland co., England, in the heart of the Lake district, lying 533 feet above sea-level, and 3 miles long by 1/4 mile wide, between Derwentwater and Grasmere. It was acquired as a water supply by Manchester. The work was begun in 1886, and the entire system was completed in 1894.

Thisbe

in classical legend, a Baby-

Thomas

JOSEPH, an American 1891.