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 More on Etna from Fact Monster:
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