place
Tauris
also: the Tauri, Taurica
The land of the Taurians on the Black Sea, where strangers were sacrificed at the altar of Diana; the setting of the Iphigenia legend.
Reading notes
- Octavia §1007 Taurians
The land of the Tauri on the Black Sea, where strangers were sacrificed to Diana; said to be gentler than Rome.