Phlegra (other)
Phlegra most often refers to: * Phlegra (mythology), a location in both Greek and Roman mythology * Phlegra (spider), ''Phlegra'' (spider), a large genus of jumping spiders It may also refer to: * ''Phlegra (Xenakis)'', a 1975 List of compositions by Iannis Xenakis, composition by Iannis Xenakis {{disambiguation ...
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Phlegra (mythology)
Phlegra ( grc-gre, Φλέγρα) is both a real and a mythical location in both Greek and Roman mythology. Phlegra is a peninsula of Macedonia (more specifically in Chalkidike) in modern Greece; it is an ancient name for Pallene in historical Thrace, the latter as per the toponymy of the ancients; Pallene – and Phlegra – is most commonly called nowadays Kassandra, or Peninsula of Kassandra. In Greek mythology, it is the site of Zeus's overthrowing of the Giants (Gigantes) at the end of the Gigantomachy. Ferrari, Anna''Dizionario dei luoghi del mito - Geografia reale e immaginaria del mondo classico'': "Flegra" Milano: Bur, 2011. Alighieri, Dante.''The Divine Comedy: Inferno''(commentary by Charles S. Singleton). Volumes 1-2 Princeton University Press, 1990. The Greek geographer Strabo (c.63 BC – c. 24 AD) writes: Nevertheless, various places have been associated with the Gigantomachy. The presence of volcanic phenomena, and the frequent unearthing of the fossilized ...
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