⁂ Milton, regretting his own blindness, compares himself to Tiresias, among others. Blind Thamyris and blind Mæonidês [_Homer_], And Tiresias and Phineus prophets old. _Paradise Lost_, iii. 36 (1665). =Tirlsneck= (_Jonnie_), beadle of old St. Ronan’s.--Sir W. Scott, _St. Ronan’s Well_ (time, George III.). =Tirso de Moli´na=, the pseudonym of Gabriel Tellez, a Spanish monk and dramatist. His comedy called _Convivando de Piedra_ (1626) was imitated by Molière in his _Festin de Pierre_ (1665), and has given birth to the whole host of comedies and operas on the subject of “Don Juan” (1570-1648). =Tiryn´thian Swain= (_The_), Her´culês, called in Latin _Tirynthius Heros_, because he generally resided at Tiryns, a town of Ar´golis, in Greece. Upon his shield lay that Tirynthian swain Swelt’ring in fiery gore and poisonous flame, His wife’s sad gift venomed with bloody stain. [See NESSUS.] Phineas Fletcher, _The Purple Island_, vii. (1633). =Tisapher´nes= (4 _syl._), “the thunderbolt of war.” He was in the army of Egypt, and was slain by Rinaldo.--Tasso, _Jerusalem Delivered_, xx. (1575). ⁂ This son of Mars must not be mistaken for Tissaphernês, the Persian satrap, who sided with the Spartans, in the Peloponnesian war, and who treacherously volunteered to guide “the ten thousand” back to Greece. =Tisbi´na=, wife of Iroldo. Prasildo, a Babylonish nobleman, fell in love with her, and threatened to kill himself. Tisbina, to divert him, tells him if he will perform certain exploits which she deemed impossible, she will return his love. These exploits he accomplishes, and Tisbina, with Iroldo, takes poison to avoid dishonor. Prasildo discovers that the draught they have taken is harmless, and tells them so; whereupon Iroldo quits the country, and Tisbina marries Prasildo. Bojardo, _Orlando Innamorato_ (1495). (See DIANORA, and DORIGEN.) =Tisellin=, the raven, in the beast-epic of _Reynard the Fox_ (1498). =Tisiph´one= (4 _syl._), one of the three Furies. Covered with a bloody robe, she sits day and night at hell-gate, armed with a whip. Tibullus says her head was coifed with serpents in lieu of hair. The Desert Fairy, with her head covered with snakes, like Tisiphonê, mounted on a winged griffin.--Comtesse D’Aunoy, _Fairy Tales_ (“The Yellow Dwarf,” 1682). =Ti´tan=, the son of Hēlĭos, the child of Hyperi´on and Basil´ea, and grandson of Cœlum, or heaven. Virgil calls the sun “Titan,” and so does Ovid. ... primos crastĭnus ortus Extulerit Titan, radiisque retexerit orbem. _Æneid_, iv. 118, 119. A maiden queen that shone at Titan’s ray. Spenser, _Faëry Queen_, i. 4 (1590).