Tyrrheus: Meaning and Definition of

Tyr•rhe•us

Pronunciation: (tī'rē-us, tī'rys), [key]
— n. Rom. Legend.
  1. a shepherd. The killing of his tame stag by Ascanius was a cause of the war between Aeneas' Trojans and the people of Latium.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.