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TmoÌHS, not far from Trnj/. II. ii. From the Oi/gir, Ire-
iand maj^ have obtained the name Slyvyix, which PhUarch,
one of the best Greek antiquaries, bestows upon it.
Perhaps the Ogi/gia of Homer, which lay in a remote
part of the world, upon seas unknown, and was possessed
by a daughter of Jt/as, the Hyperborean, and general of
the Titans, Λνα8 in reality no other.
The Titans, or Giants, were, after a long struggle, van-
quished, and were driven to the West, into the regions of
Pluto, the acknowledged progenitor of the Gauls. Thither
they were attended by Cottus, Briareus, and Gijges, to
whose charge they were committed ; that is, theix chiefs, or
their tribes, retained their names.
This main contest, perhaps, originated in 4'^if, where
the Titans were born — In the neighbourhood of Palleiw,
and of the mountains which covered the mouth of the
Peneus, victory declared itself on the side of Jupiter, or
his worshipers. — As part of the same people, even after the
conclusion of the war, continued in the country, and re-
tained their national descriptions, it would be difficult, at
this period of time, exactly to ascertain the route of the
retreating parties.
Some of them perhaps may have traced the banks of the
Peneus, upwards, through Tliessaly, and into Epirus, from
Avhence Hercules afterwards expelled the Celtic, and substi-
tuted a Corinthian colony in their place. Anton. Lib. C. 4.
Many of them entered Italy. At Phlegra, in Cam-
pania, they again made a powerful stand, and though sub-
dued, their families remained in the country, for the Latin
language must acknowledge its obligation to that of S'Coti,