Submitted Name Revision 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.