Tamuz

See Tammuz. Tamworth (tam'werth). A town in Staff ords hire and War wicks hire, England, situated at the junction of the Tame and Anker, 13 miles northeast of Birmingham. It has an ancient castle, which was the principal residence of the kings of Mercia, Formerly a parliamentary borough, it was represented by Sir Robert Peel from 1833 until his death. Population (1891), 6,614. Tamyras (ta-mi'ras), or Damuras (da-mu'ras). [Gr. Ταμύρας , Δαμούρας .] In ancient geography, a river of Phenic i a, between Sidon and Berytus: the modern Nahr-ed-Damur. Tana-Elv (tä'nä-elf). A river in northern Norway, and on the boundary between Norway and Ru ia, which flows into the Tana-Fjord. Length, about 180 miles. Tana-Fjord. An inlet of the Arctic Ocean, on the extreme northern coast of Norway. Length, about 40 miles. Tanagra (tan'a-grä). In ancient geography, a town of Bœotia, Greece, situated near the Asopus 24 miles north-northwest of Athens. A victory was gained here, in 457 B. C., by the Spartans over the A then i ans and their allies. Its extensive necropolis has made this obscure town famous, for from it came about 1874 the first of the terra-cotta figurines which drew attention to the interest and charm of antiquities of this cla . Such figurines, previously ignored, have since been eagerly sought and found in great quantities, not only at Tanagra, but upon a great number of sites in all parts of the Greek world. Those from Tanagra, despite ancient animadversions on Bœotian taste, still hold the palm for elegance and artistic quality. Tanaim (tä-nä'im), or Tanaites. [From Aramean ten a , to learn and to teach: 'teachers, doctors.'] The name applied among the Jews to the rabbis or teachers of the law in the Mishnic period (10-220 A.D.); the authors of the Mishnah, as opposed to the Amoraim, the authors of the Gemara. See under Talmud . Tanais (ta'na-is). 1. The ancient name of the Don, Ru ia. - 2. An ancient Greek colony near the head of Lake Mæotis, near the site of the modern Azoff, Ru ia. Tan an a rivo (tä-nä-nä-rē'vō), or An tan an a rivo (än-tä-nä-nä-re'vō). The capital of Madagascar, situated in the interior, about lat. 19° S. It contains the royal palaces and many buildings in the European style. Population, estimated, about 100,000. Tanaquil (tan'a-kwil). In Roman legend, the wife of Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome. Tanaquill (tan'a-kwil). A British prince . Spenser uses the name with reference to Queen Elizabeth in the "Faerie Queene." Tanaro (tä-nä'ro). Italy: the ancient Tanarus. It rises in the Ligurian Alps, flows past Asti and A le and ria, and empties into the Po 11 miles northeast of A le and ria. Length, about 130 miles. Tancred (tang'kred). Died at Antioch, 1112. One of the chief heroes of the first Crusade, 1096-99. He was the son of Otho the Good and Emma, sister of Robert Guiscard. He joined the crusading army under his cousin, Bohemund of Tarentum, son of Robert Guiscard. He distinguished himself at the taking of Nice and Tarsus, the siege of Antioch, the capture of Jerusalem, and the battle of Ascalon. He became prince of Galilee and later of Ede a. His virtues and achievements are celebrated in Ta o's "Jerusalem Delivered." A river in northwestern Tancred. Died 1194. King of Sicily, illegitimate son of Roger, duke of Apulia. He was crowned king 1190, and contended for his throne with Henry VI. of Germany. Tancred and Gismunda. A tragedy originally written in rime by five gentlemen, probably members of the Inner Temple. It was acted there in 1568, and was republished in 1572 by Robert Wilmot, Wi the author of the last act. The edition was put into blank verse. It is remarkable as the oldest English play extant the plot of which is known to be taken from an Italian novel. Tancrède (ton-krād'). A play by Voltaire, produced in 1760. Tancredi (tän-krāʼdē). An opera by Ro ini, first produced at Venice in 1813 and at Lon Tannhäuser Tanganyika (tän-gän-yēkä), Lake. A lake in eastern central Africa, extending from about lat. 3° 15′ S. to 8° 45′ S.: the longest fresh-water lake in the world. Its outlet is the Lukuga, which flows into the Kongo. It was discovered by Burton and Speke in 1858, and has been explored by Living stone, Cameron, Stanley, Thomson, Wi mann, and others. Length, 410 sea-level, about 2,700 feet. Tanger. See Tangier .