THEODORE 
 
 
Clorin, and forsook her.-John Fletcher, 
The Faithful Shepherdess (1610). 
 
   Theocritus, of Syracuse, in Sicily (fl. 
B.C. 280), celebrated for his idylls in Doric 
Greek. Meli is the person    referred to 
below. 
          Behold once more, 
      The pitying gods to earth restore 
      Theocritus of Syracuse. 
  Longfellow,The Wayside Inn (prelude 1863). 
 
  Theocritus (The Scotch), Allan Ramsay, 
author of The Gentle Shepherd (1685-1758). 
 
  Theocritus (The Sicilian), Giovanni Meli, 
of Palermo, immortalized by his eclogues 
and idylls (1740-1815). 
 
  Theod'ofred, heir to the Spanish throne, 
but incapacitated from reigning, because 
he had been blinded by Witiza. Theodo- 
fred was the son of Chindasuintho, and 
father of King Roderick. As Witiza, the 
usurper, had blinded Theodofred, so Rod- 
erick dethroned and blinded Witiza.- 
Southey, Roderick, etc. (1814). 
   ** In medieval times no one with any 
personal defect was allowed to reign and 
one of the most ordinary means of dis- 
qualifying a prince for succeeding to a 
throne was to put out his eyes., Of course, 
the reader will call to mind the case of 
Prince Arthur, the nephew of King John; 
and scores of other instances in Italian, 
French, Spanish, German, Russian, and 
Scandinavian history. 
 
  Theod'omas, a famous trumpeter at 
the siege of Thebes. 
  At every court ther cam loud menstralcye 
  That never tromped Joab for to heere, 
  Ne he Theodomas yit half so eleere 
  At Thebhs, when the citA was in doute. 
    Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, 9592, etc. (1338). 
 
 
   Theodo'ra, sister of Constantine, the 
 Greek emperor.    She entertained most 
 bitter hatred against Rog~ro for slaying 
 her son, and vowed vengeance. Rogero, 
 being entrapped in sleep, was confined by 
 her in a dungeon, and fed on the bread 
 and water of affliction, but was ultimately 
 released by Prince Leon.-Ariosto, Orlando 
 Furioso (1516). 
 
   The'odore (3 syl.), son of General 
 Archas, "the loyal subject" of the great- 
 duke of Muscovia. A colonel, valorous, 
 but impatient.-Beaumont and Fletcher, 
 The Loyal Subject (1618). 
 
   Theodore (3 syl.), of Ravenna, brave, 
 rich, honored, and chivalrous. He loved 
 Hon3ria "to madness," but "found small 
 favor in the lady's eyes." At length, how- 
 ever, the lady relented and married him. 
 (See HoNoRU..)- Dryden, Theodore and 
 Honoria (from Boccaccio). 
 
   Theodore, son of the lord of Clarinsal, 
and grandson of Alphonso. His father 
thought him dead, renounced the world, 
and became a monk of St. Nicholas, as- 
suming the name of Austin. By chance 
Theodore was sent home in a Spanish 
bark, and found his way into some secret 
passage of the count's castle, where he was 
seized and taken before the count. Here 
he met the monk, Austin, and was made 
known to him. He informed his father 
of his love for Adelaide, the count's daugh- 
ter, and was then told that if he married 
her, he must renounce his estates and title. 
The case stood thus: If he claimed his 
estates, he must challenge the count to 
mortal combat, and renounce the daugh- 
ter; but if he married Adelaide, he must 
forego his rights, for he could not marry 
the daughter and slay his father-in-law. 
The perplexity is solved by the death of 
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