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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Scripts Θάμυρις(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsTamaris
Meaning & History
As a masculine name, it belonged to a bard who claimed he could out-perform the Muses. When he lost the competition, they punished him by taking both his skill and his eye-sight away.As a feminine name, it is a variant of Timarete, as evidenced by the historic Greek female painter Timarete who is also frequently referred to as Thamyris.
Lastly, Thamyris is also occasionally used to refer to Tomyris.
Lastly, Thamyris is also occasionally used to refer to Tomyris.