thymele (thimele)

[L. thymela, thymele, IMG:content-0390.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0391.jpg:[graphic] Thymele.- Orchestra of the Theater at Epidaurus, Greece, showing the ancient Hellenic circle floored with beaten cinders ( κονίστρα ) for the chorus. The site of the thymele is marked by the block of white stone in the middle. orchestra of the Greek theater, and was a visible token of the religious character of the dramatic representations. - 2. [ cap.] [NL. (Fabric i us, 1808).] In entom., a genus of hesperian butterflies, or skippers. T. alveolus is the grizzled skipper, a British species. thymelici (thi-mel'i-si), n. pl. [L., pl. of thyme licus,