Ogygus

Ogygus

Ogyges (Ogygos) ist nach griechischer Mythologie König von Böotien und Attika. In Böotien ereignete sich zu seiner Zeit eine große Überschwemmung, die nach ihm als die Ogygische Überschwemmung benannt wurde.[1]

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