TAURIS an island of the Ionian sea, between Pharus and Corcyra, opposite to the NW. point of the peninsula of Hyllis and the mouth of the Naron. (Auct. B. A.47.) Now Torcola. [T.H.D]
Tauris, ĭdis, f., an island near Illyria , Auct. B. Alex. 45, 1 sq. ...
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