place
Tauric Chersonese
Tauris
The Crimea, land of the Tauri, where Diana's altar ran with the blood of sacrificed strangers under King Thoas.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §1.2 Tauric land
The Tauric Chersonese (Crimea), home of the cult of Orestes's goddess Artemis/Diana, to whom strangers were sacrificed; emblem of the savage Euxine.
- Sorrows §4.4 Tauric altar
The Tauric Chersonese (Crimea), where Diana's altar ran with the blood of sacrificed strangers under King Thoas.