A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Thymele
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THYMELE, a musical Poetess, mentioned by Martial,
Said to have first introduced into the scene a sort of dance, which, from her, the Greeks called Themelinos. From her also a sort of altar, antiently often used in the theatre, is concluded to have taken its appellation.
Female Worthies.