Taphiusa, a place near Leucas, where a stone is found called Taphiusius. Pliny, bk. 36, ch. 21.
Taphræ, a town on the isthmus of the Taurica Chersonesus, now Precop. Mela, bk. 2, ch. 1.—Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 12.
Taphros, the strait between Corsica and Sardinia, now Bonifacio.
Taprobăne, an island in the Indian ocean, now called Ceylon. Its inhabitants were very rich, and lived to a great age. Their country was visited by two summers and two winters. Hercules was their chief deity, and as the sovereignty was elective, and only from among unmarried men, the monarch was immediately deposed if he became a father. Ptolemy, bk. 6.—Strabo, bk. 2.—Ovid, ex Ponto, bk. 8, poem 5, li. 80.
Tapsus, a maritime town of Africa. Silius Italicus, bk. 3.——A small and lowly situated peninsula on the eastern coast of Sicily. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 3, li. 619.——A man of Cyzicus, killed by Pollux. Valerius Flaccus, bk. 2, li. 191.
Tapyri, a people near Hyrcania. Dionysius Periegetes.
Tarănis, a name of Jupiter among the Gauls, to whom human sacrifices were offered. Lucan, bk. 1, li. 446.
Taras, a son of Neptune, who built Tarentum, as some suppose.
Tarasco, a town of Gaul, now Tarascon in Provence.
Taraxippus, a deity worshipped at Elis. His statue was placed near the race-ground, and his protection was implored that no harm might happen to the horses during the games. Pausanias, bk. 6, ch. 20, &c.—Dionysius of Halicarnassus, bk. 2.