Chapter Th to Theist, Deist, Atheist, Agnostic of T by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Thammuz The Syrian and Phoenician name of Adonis. His death happened on the banks of the river Adonis, and in summer-time the waters always become reddened with the hunter's blood. (See Ezekiel viii. 14.)

“Thammuz came next behind,
Whose annual wound on Lebanon allured
The Syrian damsels to lament his fate
In amorous ditties all a summer's day,
While smooth Adonis from his native rock
Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood
Of Thammuz yearly wounded.”
Milton: Paradise Lost, bk, iii. 446-452.

Thamyris 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 Maeonides [Eomer],
And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old.”
Milton: Paradise Lost, iii. 35-36.

    “Tiresias” pronounce Ti'-re-sas, “Phineus” pronounce Finuce.

That Seven “thats” may follow each other, and make sense.

“For be it known that we may safely write
Or say that `that that' that that man wrote was right;
Nay, e'en that that that, that `that THAT' has followed,
Through six repeats, the grammar's rule has hallowed;
And that that that that that `that THAT' began
Repeated seven times is right, deny't who can.”

“My lords, with humble submission that that I say is this: That that that `that that' that that gentleman has advanced is not that that he should have proved to your lordships.”- Spectator, No. 86.

That's the Ticket That's the right thing to do; generally supposed to be a corruption of “That's the etiquette,” or proper mode of procedure, according to the programme; but the expanded phrase “That's the ticket for soup” seems to allude to the custom of showing a ticket in order to obtain a basin of soup given in charity.

Thatch A straw hat. A hat being called a tile, and the word being mistaken for a roof-tile, gave rise to several synonyms, such as roof, roofing, thatch, etc.

Thaumaturgus A miracle-worker; applied to saints and others who are reputed to have performed miracles. (Greek, thauma ergon.)
   Prince Alexander of IIohenlohe, whose power was looked upon as miraculous.
   Apollonius of Tyana, Cappadocia (A.D. 3-98). (See his Life, by Philostratus.)
   St. Bernard of Clairvaux, called “the Thaumaturgus of the West.” (1091-1153.)
   St. Francis d'Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order. (1182- 1226.)
   J. Joseph Gassner, of Bratz, in the Tyrol, who, looking on disease as a possession, exorcised the sick, and his cures were considered miraculous. (1727-1779.)
   Gregory, Bishop of Neo-Casare'a, in Cappadocia, called emphatically “the Thaumaturgus,” from the numerous miracles he is reported to have performed. (212-270.)
   St. Isidorus. (See his Life, by Damascius.)
   Jannes and Jambres, the magicians of Pharaoh who withstood Moses.
   Blaise Pascal. (1623-1662.)
   Plotinus, and several other Alexandrine philosophers. (205-270.) (See the Life of Plotinus, by Porphyry.)
   Proclus. (412-415.) (See his Life, by Marinus.)
   Simon Magus, of Samaria, called “the Great Power of God.” (Acts viii. 10.)
   Several of the Sophists. (See Lives of the Philosophers, by Eunapius.)
   Sospitra possessed the omniscient power of seeing all that was done in every part of the globe. (Eunapius: OEdeseus.
   Vincent de Paul, founder of the “Sisters of Charity.” (1576-1660.)
    Peter Schott has published a treatise on natural magic called Thaumaturgus Physicus. (See below.)
   Thaumaturgus. Filumea is called Thaumaturga, a saint unknown till 1802, when a grave was discovered with this inscription on tiles: “LUMENA PAXTE CYMFI, which, being rearranged, makes Pax tecum Filumena. Filumena was at once accepted as a saint, and so many wonders were worked by “her” that she has been called La Thaumaturge de Dixneuvième Siècle.

Theagenes and Chariclea The hero and heroine of an erotic romance in Greek by Heliodorus, Bishop of Trikka (fourth century).

Theban Bard or Eagle. Pindar, born at Thebes. (B.C. 518-439.)