Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), TAURUS PALUS

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TAURUS PALUS

TAURUS PALUS an étang on the coast of Narbonensis, west of the delta of the Rhone. It is named in the verses of Avienus, quoted in the article FECYI JUGUM; and to the verses there cited may be added the following verse:-- “Taurum paludem namque gentici (gentili) vocant.”

But I. Vossius in his edition of Mela (2.5, note) writes the verses of Avienus thus:-- “In usque Taphrum pertinet,
Taphron paludem namque gentili vocant;
”

an alteration or corruption which D'Anville justly condemns, for the étang is still named Taur, or vulgarly Tau.

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. William Smith, LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.

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