Tauchira
TAUCHI´RA or TEUCHI´RA (Ταύχειρα, Hdt. 4.171, et alii; Τεύχειρα, Hierocl. p. 732; Plin. Nat. 5.5. s. 5, &c.), a town on the coast of Cyrenaica, founded by Cyrene. It lay 200 stadia W. of Ptolemais. Under the Ptolemies it obtained the name of Arsinoë. (Strab. 17. p. 836; Mela, 1.8; Plin. l. c.) At a later period it became a Roman colony (Tab. Peut. ), and was fortified by Justinian. (Procop. de Aed. 6.3.) Tauchira was particularly noted for the worship of Cybele, in honour of whom an annual festival was celebrated. (Synes. Ep. 3.) It is the same town erroneously written Τάριχα by Diodorus (Diod. 18.20). It is still called Tochira. (Cf. Della Cella, Viagg. p. 198; Pacho, Voyage, p. 184.)
[T.H.D]or Teuchīra (Ταύχειρα, Τεύχειρα). A colony of Cyrené, on the northwestern coast of Cyrenaïca, in Northern Africa. Under the Ptolemies it was called Arsinoë. It was a chief seat of the worship of Cybelé, who had here a great temple and an annual festival (Herod. iv. 171; Procop. De Aed. vi. 3).
- Hdt. 4.171