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Tityrus Myth.|ˈtɪtɪrəs|
[L. Tītyrus, name of a shepherd, a. Gr. τίτυρος, said to be Doric for σάτυρος satyr.]
A fictitious monster supposed to be bred between a sheep and a goat.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xxv. (1660) 255 Like as the Tytirus is ingendred between a Sheep and a Buck Goat, as Upton noteth. 1710W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes xxvii. (1722) 134 Several cruel Dæmons, Satyrs, Sileni and Tityri, us'd to accompany him [Bacchus] with Cymbals and huge Exclamations. [1906Vinycomb Fict. & Symb. Creatures in Art 217 In Guillim's ‘Display’,..said to be a bigenerous beast, of unkindly procreation, engendered between a goat and a ram, like the Tityrus, the offspring of a sheep and goat, as noted by Upton.] |