Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Thes’pis, Thes’pian.

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Thes’pians.

Thessalian.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Thes’pis, Thes’pian.

Dramatic. Thespis was the father of Greek tragedy.

“The race of learned men,

… . Oft they snatch the pen,

As if inspired, and in a Thespian rage;

Then write.”

Thomson: Castle of Indolence, c. 1. 52.

“Thespis, the first professor of our art,

At country wakes sang ballads from a cart.”

Dryden: Prologue to Sophonisba.

Thes’pians.

Thessalian.

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