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The first certain references to Typhon buried under Etna, as well as being the cause of its eruptions, occur in Pindar: Son of Cronus, you who hold Aetna, the wind-swept weight on terrible hundred-headed Typhon, [95] and: among them is he who lies in dread Tartarus, that enemy of the gods, Typhon with his hundred heads.
Enceladus—like Typhon, Briareus and other vanquished monsters thought to be buried under volcanos [22] —was said to be the cause of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. [23] Mount Etna's eruptions were said to be the breath of Enceladus, and its tremors to be caused by him rolling over from side to side beneath the mountain. So, for example ...
Articles relating to Mount Etna, its history, and its prominent depictions in classical mythology. It is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania. It is located above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate.
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Pythian 1 features the story of Typhon, a mythical giant who challenged Zeus' primacy and was consequently buried beneath Mount Etna. The poem envisions his imprisonment as the cause for a volcanic eruption of Etna, which it then goes on to describe. [ 5 ]
Eruptions at Italy's Mount Etna and the smaller Stromboli volcano spewed hot ash and lava, raising alert levels on the Mediterranean island of Sicily and forcing a temporary shutdown of Catania ...
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According to Apollodorus, he was crushed by Athena under the Island of Sicily. [188] Virgil has him struck by Zeus' lightning bolt, and both Virgil and Claudian have him buried under Mount Etna [189] (other traditions had Typhon or Briareus buried under Etna). For some Enceladus was instead buried in Italy. [190]