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They meant by this to convey the idea that the prize which they had in possession was intended not for any one of their own number, but for Thalassius.
Some other young Romans of the patrician order seeing this, and thinking that so beautiful a maiden ought not to fall to the share of such plebeians, immediately set out in full pursuit to rescue her. The plebeians hurried along to escape from them, calling out at the same time, "Thalassio! Thalassio!" which means "For Thalassius, For Thalassius."
Excitement of the Romans. Final preparations. The moment arrives. The maidens seized. The men fly. The Romans secure the captive maidens. An incident. A captive "for Thalassius." The phrase "for Thalassius" becomes a proverb. Resentment of the fathers and brothers of the maidens. The captives called together in the morning. Address made to them by Romulus. Acquiescence of the captives. Cures.
In the council at Chalcedon a civil magistrate condemned for heretics, by the sentence of his own mouth, the bishops Dioscorus, Juvenalis, and Thalassius, and gave judgment to put them down from their dignities in the Church. In the third council at Constantinople, Constantine, a civil magistrate, did not only sit amongst the bishops, but did also subscribe with them.
We never have understood each other, and since I opposed his wish of making Polykarp a priest, and sent the boy to learn of the sculptor Thalassius for even as a child he drew better than many masters in these wretched days that produce no great artists since then, I say, he speaks of me as if I were a heathen " "And yet he esteems you highly, that I know," interrupted Dame Dorothea.
They say that one, far distinguished beyond the others for stature and beauty, was carried off by the party of one Thalassius, and whilst many inquired to whom they were carrying her, they cried out every now and then, in order that no one might molest her, that she was being taken to Thalassius; that from this circumstance this term became a nuptial one.
We never have understood each other, and since I opposed his wish of making Polykarp a priest, and sent the boy to learn of the sculptor Thalassius for even as a child he drew better than many masters in these wretched days that produce no great artists since then, I say, he speaks of me as if I were a heathen " "And yet he esteems you highly, that I know," interrupted Dame Dorothea.
We never have understood each other, and since I opposed his wish of making Polykarp a priest, and sent the boy to learn of the sculptor Thalassius for even as a child he drew better than many masters in these wretched days that produce no great artists since then, I say, he speaks of me as if I were a heathen " "And yet he esteems you highly, that I know," interrupted Dame Dorothea.
Now Thalassius was a young noble universally known and very highly esteemed by all his countrymen, and when the rescuing party were thus led to suppose that the beautiful lady was intended for him, they acquiesced immediately, and desisted from their attempt to recapture her, and thus by the aid of their stratagem the plebeians carried off their prize in safety.
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