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[105] Ταφίων. The “Ταφίων νῆσοι” were a number of islets off the Leucadian coast, the largest of which was Taphos (Meganisi). They were inhabited by Teleboans and Taphians (cp. Eur. Herc.19“ἀνδρῶν ἡρώων Ταφίων ἰδὲ Τηλεβοάων”), who were a race of pirates. Cp. Suidas s.v. “Τάφιος” = “ὁ λῃστής”. In Hom. Od.1. 181 they are called “φιλήρετμοι”. The eponymous founder of the Taphian race was Taphos or Taphios, son of Pterelus. Etym. M. 748.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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