Tagus

, a river of Spain, which falls into the Atlantic after it has cro ed Lusitania or Portugal, and now bears the name of Tajo . The sands of the Tagus, according to the poets, were covered with gold. Mela , bk. 3 , ch. 1 .— Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 2 , li. 251 .— Silius Italic us , bk. 4 , li. 234 .— Lucan , bk. 7 , li. 755 .— Martial , bk. 4 , ltr. 55 , . ――A Latin chief killed by Nisus. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 9 , li. 418 .――A Trojan killed by Turnus. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 12 , li. 513 .