Aetna Etna : active volcano on the coast of Sicily, highest in Europe. Its eruptions are believed to be caused by the giant Enceladus (q.v.).
... house. In Ilion allusion is made to the legend of his escape from Troy at the time of its fall and his journey to Italy where he founded what came to be known as Rome. Page 109 Aetna: Mount Etna, an active volcano in northeast Sicily, beneath which the giant Enceladus was said to be buried. Agamemnon: eldest son of Atreus and brother of Menelas King of Mycenae and Argos... the nether realm. Dryads: Nymphs of the woods and trees. Enceladus: One of the giants who waged war against the gods. He was hurled down by Athene and imprisoned beneath Mount Etna in Sicily. When he stirs, the mountain shakes, and when he breathes, there is an eruption. Erinnys: One of the Furies (Erinnyes), spirits of vengeance and punishment. The Erinnyes, older than ...
... the ilex, Clay of those realms like the children of men and the brood of the giants. There Enceladus groans oppressed and draws strength from his anguish Page 74 Under a living Aetna and flames that have joy of his entrails. Fiercely he groans and rejoices expecting the end of his foemen Hastened by every pang and counts long Time by his writhings. There in the champaigns ...
... have life, the stone like the ilex, Clay of those realms like the children of men and the brood of the giants. There Enceladus groans oppressed and draws strength from his anguish Under a living Aetna and flames that have joy of his entrails. Fiercely he groans and rejoices expecting the end of his foemen Hastened by every pang and counts long Time by his writhings. There in the champaigns unending ...
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