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Definition of Tellus
1. Noun. (Roman mythology) goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea.
Definition of Tellus
1. the earth [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tellus
Literary usage of Tellus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"Ceres was closely associated with Tellus. The purpose of all her festivals was
to elicit her blessing on the crops in all their stages from seeding until ..."
2. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly, Richard Warwick Bond (1902)
"But soft, here commeth Tellus, I must turne my other 45 face to her like lanus,
... Tellus. Yonder I espie Endimion, I will seeme to suspect nothing, ..."
3. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly, Richard Warwick Bond (1902)
"But soft, here commeth Tellus, I must turne my other 45 face to her like lanus,
... Tellus. Yonder I espie Endimion, I will seeme to suspect nothing, ..."
4. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly, Richard Warwick Bond (1902)
"But soft, here commeth Tellus, I must turne my other 45 face to her like Janus,
... Tellus. Yonder I espie Endimion, I will seeme to suspect nothing, ..."
5. The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare by William Allan Neilson (1911)
"That were as bad, for then by contrary you should never bleep, But on, Tellus ;
lut ue near the end. IM Tellus. Feeling a continual burning in all my bowels ..."
6. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly, Richard Warwick Bond (1902)
"But soft, here commeth Tellus, I must turne my other 45 ,.***, . ... Tellus.
Yonder I espie Endimion, I will seeme to suspect nothing, but sooth him, ..."
7. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly, Richard Warwick Bond (1902)
"Tellus. Yonder I espie Endimion, I will seeme to suspect nothing, but sooth him,
... End. You know (fayre Tellus) that the sweet remembrance of your loue, ..."
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