OGYGIA (Homer), the island of Calypso; placed by Pliny in the Sinus Scylaceus, in the Ionian sea, opposite to the promontory Lacimum; by Mela in the strait of Sicily, calling it Æaea; which others place at the promontory Circeum, and call it the island of Circe. Also the ancient name of Thebes in Bœotia.
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