Also known as Theophrastus of Eresus. He was a peripatetic philosopher who studied in Athens as a pupil of Alcippus; he may have studied with Plato and probably had contact with Aristotle. After Aristotle's death, he became the head of the peripatetic school in Athens.
An English author and editor, Theobald was the first Shakespearean scholar to study the plays with the respect that had until then been reserved for classical works.
Character in Robert Southey's Thalaba the Destroyer (1801).
The Abbé Terrasson's Sethos (1731) fictitiously purports to recount incidents in the life of an ancient Egyptian as translated from a Greek manuscript. It served as the source for much of the material on Freemasonry for Mozart's The Magic Flute (1791).
Roman-African dramatist living from roughly 195-159 B.C.E. The senator Terentius Lucanus brought Terence to Rome as a slave, later providing the latter an education as well as his freedom. Terence's comedies formed the foundation of what would become the modern comedy of manners, and his works have been imitated by many famous playwrights, most notably William Shakespeare.
Teniers was the most famous in a family of celebrated Flemish painters that included his father, David Teniers the Elder (1582–1649), himself, David Teniers the Younger (1610–1690), his son, David Teniers III (1638–1685), and a much less well known grandson, David Teniers IV. Teniers the Younger specialized in depictions, often comic, of Flemish peasantry. He was related by marriage to the Bruegel family of painters.
Anglo-Irish whig politician and 1st Viscount Palmerston of East Sheen, Surrey, and Broadlands in Hampshire.
Spanish politician, soldier, and aristocrat holding the titles of Spanish Viceroy of Sicily, Spanish Viceroy of Naples, 7th Count of Ureña, 2nd Marquis of Peñafiel, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Grandee of Spain, and member of the Spanish Supreme Council of War. Téllez Girón was deposed in 1620 following accusations that he took part in a conspiracy to seize Venice. Alternatively, the Neapolitan aristocracy alleged that he intended to cut ties with Spain and become King of Naples. Téllez Girón denied all charges and died in prison before judgment was delivered.
In Homer's The Odyssey, the son of Odysseus.
Author of The Great Exemplar (1649) and Cases of Conscience (1671).
