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of Prose Fiction, I. 193. Tristan da Cunha (tris-tän' dä kön'yä). A group of three islands and two islets in the South Atlantic, in lat. 37° 3′ S., long. 12 ° 18 ′ W. They are of volcanic formation. The group includes Tristan, Inacce ible, and Nightingale. They were discovered by the Portuguese in 1506, and were taken po e ion of by Great Britain in 1816. Highest peak, about 8,500 feet. Population (1893), 52. Tristan l'Ermite (très-ton' ler-met'). The provost of Louis XI. of France, infamous for his cruelty. Tristan und Isolde (tris'tän önt ē-zöl'de). 1. An epic poem by Eilhard von Oberge, written in the last half of the 12th century. He introduced this romance to German literature. - 2. A famous epic poem by Gottfried von Stra burg, written in the 12th century, but later than taken in 1109; and was destroyed in 1289, but rebuilt. Its castle is a large structure with crenellated walls and machicolated towers. Its halls, courts, arcades, and rockcut pa ages and casemates are of great interest. PopuA war between the United Eilhard's poem. This is the cla ical form of the story. lati on, 17,000. Tripoli tan War. States and Tripoli, 1801-05. War was declared by Tripoli June 10, 1801, because the United States refused to increase its payment for immunity from the depredations It was left unfinished, and sequels were written by two later poets, the last in 1300. It was closely connected with the English "Sir Tristrem "and with a Northern saga. bin or Abtin, the name of the father of Faridun; with Trait an a , Avestan Thraetaona (which see), modern Persian Faridun (which see). Triton (triton). [Gr. Τρίτων .] In Greek and Latin mythology, a son of Poseidon and A mph i trite (or Celæno), who dwelt with his father and mother in a golden palace at the bottom of the sea, and was a gigantic and redoubtable divinity. In the later mythology Tritons appear as a race of subordinate sea-deities, fond of pleasure and figuring with the Nereids in the train of the greater seagods: they were conceived as combining the human figure with that of lower animals or monsters. A common attribute of Tritons is a shell-trumpet, which they blow to quiet the restle waves. Tritons. See Triton . Triumph of Cæsar, The. A series of nine paintings in tempera on linen, each nine feet square, by Mantegna, in Hampton Court Palace, England. Cæsar advances in a chariot, attended by a train of soldiers, captives, and trophies. Triumph of Death, The. A fresco in the Campo Santo, Pisa, formerly ascribed to Orcagna, but now to the Lorenzetti (1350). It is an allegory contrasting worldly pomp and delight with their annihilation in death and with the outcome in a future existence. Triumph of Galatea. See Galatea . Triumph of Silenus. A painting by Rubens, in the Old Museum at Berlin (until 1885 at Blenheim Palace). Silenus totters forward, supported by a negro and a satyr and preceded by a faun with a flute. In front are boys and a tiger, and behind nymphs and satyrs with a landscape background. Vandyke is said to have collaborated in this painting. Triumvirate (trī-um'vi-rat), First. In Roman history, an agreement or alliance formed in B. C. 60 between Cæsar, Pompey, and Cra us, for the purpose of dividing the power among them. Cæsar obtained the consulship for the next year (59) and a command in Cisalpine Gaul (extended to Transalpine Gaul) and Illyricum for 5 years (extended for 5 years more). Pompey received for his veterans a ignments of lands, and for himself later the commi ionership of corn supplies. By a renewal of the league at Lucca in 55, Pompey received the consulship and command in Spain, and Cra us the consulship and command in the East (where he was killed in 53). The union between Cæsar and Pompey was formally broken by the civil war in 49. Triumvirate, Second. An alliance formed in 43 в. с. between Octavian (August us), Mark Antony, and Lepidus, on an island in the river Reno, near Bologna. The triumvirs were to have consular powers for 3 years: they appointed magistrates, and their decrees were valid as laws. Octavian received Africa and the islands; Antony, Gaul; Lepidus, Spain and Narbonensis. The alliance was followed by a wholesale proscription, and by the overthrow of the republicans under Brutus and Ca ius in 42. Lepidus was soon reduced to a minor position, and eventually banished. By a treaty at Brundisium Octavian received the West and Antony the East. The union was broken in 31, and Antony was overthrown in the battle of Actium. Trivia (triv'i-a), or the Art of Walking the Streets of London. A burlesque poem by Gay, published in 1716. It is a mine of information on outdoor life in the reign of Queen Anne. Troad (tro'ad), The. The region at the northwestern extremity of Asia Minor, included between the Ægean, the Hellespont, the Sea of Marmora, Mount Ida, and the Gulf of Adramyt tium: the ancient Troas. It contained the Ноmeric Troy (which see). Trobriand Trobriand (trō-bryon'), Philippe Regis de. Born at Tours, France, June 4, 1816: died at Bayport, L. I., N. Y., July 15, 1897. A French American officer, journalist, and author. He emigrated to the United States in 1841; was editor and andre Dumas père , published in 1844. The scene is laid in the time of Richelieu. The three musketeers are Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, but D'Artagnan is the principal character. See these names. Troizen. See Træzen . Trojan (tro'jan) Cycle, The. A group of legends or poems relating to the Trojan war. See Cyclic proprietor of the "Revue de Nouveau Monde," New York, 1849-50; and was joint editor of the "Courrier des ÉtatsUnis" 1854-61. He joined the United States volunteer Poets. service as colonel in 1861, and became brigadier-general of volunteers in 1864. He commanded a brigade of the 2d army corps in the engagements at Deep Bottom, Peters burg, Hatcher's Run, and Five Forks, and was at the head of a division in the final operations against Richmond. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers in 1865; entered as colonel in see the regular my second of the 1st infathor of "Quatre ans de campagnes à l'armée du Potomac" (1867). Trobriand (trō-brē-änd') Islands. A group of small islands, east of New Guinea and south of New Britain. Trocadero (trō-kä-dāʻrō). A fort near Cadiz, Spain, taken by the French Aug. 31, 1823. Trocadéro. A square in Paris, situated on the right bank of the Seine, opposite the Champ-de- Mars. It contained the Exposition building in 1878 . Trocadéro, Palais du. See Palais du Trocadéro . Trochu (tro-shü'), Louis Jules. Born at Palais, Morbihan, France, May 12, 1815: died at Tours, France, Oct. 7, 1896. A French general. He served in Algeria, in the Crime an war, and in the Italian war of 1859; was appointed governor of Paris in Aug., 1870; became member of the government of national defense and was charged with the defense of Paris in Sept.; resigned in Jan., 1871; was a deputy 1871-72; and resigned from the ariny in 1873. He wrote "L'Armée française en 1867," and several works in his own defense. Træzen (trē'zen). [Gr. Τροιζήν.] In ancient geography, a city of Peloponnesus, Greece, situated near the coast 39 miles southwest of Athens. It was originally an Ionian settlement, but later became Doric. It took an active part in the Persian wars, and sided later with Sparta.