Thymele

{{Short description|Altar in ancient Greece and Rome}} {{Use British English|date=August 2025}}

The '''''thymele''''' was an altar in ancient Greece and Rome, especially a small one dedicated to Dionysus and placed in the centre of the orchestra of the Greek theatres.<ref>{{cite dictionary |title= thymele (noun) |dictionary= Merriam-Webster |url= https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thymele |access-date= 30 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cook |first=Arthur Bernard |date=1895 |title=On the Thymele in Greek Theatres |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/693634 |journal=The Classical Review |volume=9 |issue=7 |pages=370–378 |issn=0009-840X}}</ref>

==See also== * ''Coeliades ramanatek'', also known as ''Thymele ramanatek'' Boisduval, 1833: a species of butterfly

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Category:Ancient Greek religion

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