Etna

Virgil ascribes its eruption to the restlessness of Enceladus, a hundred-headed giant, who lies buried under the mountain. (Æn. iii. 578, etc.) In Etna the Greek and Latin poets place the forges of Vulcan and the smithy of the Cyclops.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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