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THEISS (Hungarian, Tisza; Lat., Tisia or Tissus), a large affluent of the Danube, next to which it is the greatest river of Hungary. It rises in the north-eastern part of the Carpathian mountains, in the county of Maramaros, at a height of above 6300 ft., and ...

THEMIS, in Greek mythology, the personification of justice. In Homer Oefiis is used both as a common and as a proper noun. As a common noun (plural 0e/iiores, 0e/xn-«s, 0ejiu5es), it is the body of rules and precedents established at the beginning of the world

THESPIS (6th cent. B.C.), Greek poet, of Icaria, in Attica, generally considered the inventor of tragedy, flourished in the time of the Peisistratidae. According to Diogenes Laertius (iii. 56), he introduced for the first time in the old dithyrambic choruses a

THEMISTIUS (3i7-?387), named d<t>paSfis ("eloquent"), statesman, rhetorician and philosopher, was born in Paphlagonia and taught at Constantinople, where, apart from a short sojourn in Rome, he resided during the rest of his life. Though a pagan, he was admitt

... 13,098. It is situated on the left bank of the river Tarcza, an affluent of the Theiss, and has been almost completely rebuilt since a great fire in 1887. Eperjes is one of the oldest towns of Hungary, and is still partly surrounded by its old walls. It is the ...

... ilful manoeuvres, he surprised the enemy (September nth, 1697) at Zenta, on the Theiss. His attack was vigorous and daring, and the victory was one of the most complete and important ever won by the Austrian arms. Formerly it was often stated that the battle o ...

... 37.820 15.200 Rhine Oka Dniester (Dnycstr) Elbe . . . . . Vistula Vyatka Tagus Theiss (Tisza) . Loire Save Meuse Mczen Donets . . . . • . Douro Diina (S. Dvina) . . Ebro Rhone Desna . . .'.-.• Nicmen (Nyeman) Drave Bug (Southern) Seine Oder . . . . . Kuban Kh ...

... ail. Pop. (1900), 5104. it is situated at the confluence of the Bodrog with the Theiss, and gives its name to the famous Tokay wine. Toltaj lies at the 'oot of the Hegyalja Mountains, which stretch to the north and north-west of the town, between the rivers He ...