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1 Phlegra
Phlegra, ae, f., = Phlegra, a country of Macedonia, afterwards called Pallene, where the giants are fabled to have been struck with lightning when fighting with the gods, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 36; Stat. Th. 2, 595; Val. Fl. 1, 564; Sen. Herc. Fur. 444.— As adj.:II.Phlegra giganteo sparsa est quo sanguine tellus,
Verg. Cul. 28.—Hence,Phlegraeus, a, um, adj., Phlegrœan:B.Phlegraei campi,
Ov. M. 10, 151:tumultus,
Prop. 2, 1, 39:castra,
Stat. Achill. 1, 484:pugnae,
Val. Fl. 5, 693:victoria,
Mart. 8, 78, 1.—Transf.1.Campi, a plain abounding in sulphur, between Puteoli and Naples, the modern Solfatara, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Sil. 8, 540:2.vertex,
i. e. the volcano of Vesuvius, Sil. 8, 657.— -
2 Potidaea
Pŏtĭdaea, ae, f., = Potidaia, a city of Pallene, afterwards called Cassandrea, the mod. Pinaka, Plin. 2, 58, 59, § 150; 4, 10, 17, § 36; Mel. 2, 2 fin.
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