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.
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