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Ogygia, seu Rerum Hibernicarum Chronologia (1685)
A chronology of Irish history written in Latin and published by Roderick O'Flaherty in London. The title derives from Plutarch's name for an island west of Britain supposedly visited by the Greeks, including Hercules, where the god Chronos was said to lie imprisoned in a cave.
Jan Brueghel the Elder, A Fantastic cave with Odysseus and Calypso. Oil on canvas. Johnny van Haeften Gallery, London, UK.
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