Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Thymelici

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

THYMEL'ICI (θυμελικοί). The chorus of a Greek theatre, or the musicians who sung and played upon and around the altar of Bacchus (thymele) in the orchestra; as opposed to scenici, the regular actors, who performed upon the stage. Vitruv. v. 7. 2. Isidor. Orig. xviii. 47.