[237] Diodor. Sicul. l. 16. p. 411.
[238] Meen was the moon: and Meno-Taurus signified Taurus Lunaris. It was a sacred emblem, of which a great deal will be said hereafter.
[239] See Paruta's Sicilia nummata.
[240] Τυρις, ὁ περιβολος του τειχους. Hesych. From whence we may infer, that any place surrounded with a wall or fortification might be termed a Tor or Turris.
Ταρχωνιον πολις Τυῤῥηνιας. Stephan. Byzant.
[241] Scholia upon Lycophron. v. 717.
[242] Scholia upon Lycophron. v. 1242.
The Poet says of Æneas, Παλιν πλανητην δεξεται Τυρσηνια. v. 1239.
[243] Lycophron. v. 1248.
[244] Ταρκυνια πολις Τυῤῥενιδος απο Ταρχωνος· το εθνικον Ταρκυνιος. Steph. Byzant.