Painting of a young blond woman and young man sitting together
painting visualization of Talasius or Hymen by Théobald Chartran

Talasius is also known as Thalasius, Talassus and Talassio is a god of marriage in Roman mythology. His equivalent in Greek mythology is Hymen. His name was called out during marriages. The name was derived from Thalasus, which means "wool-basket".[citation needed] Later accounts state that he is friend of Romulus, and that he played a role in the rape of the Sabine women.

Sources

  • Catullus, 61, 134.
  • Livy. History of Rome i, 9.12.
  • Plurarch. Quaestiones Romanae, 31.