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The Egyptians called the Serbonian Lake Τυφῶνος ἐκπνοαί (Plut. Ant. c. 3), and Strabo (763) describes it ὡς ἂν ζέοντος ὕδατος, and says ἀναφυσᾶται κατὰ καιροὺς ἀτάκτους. Typhon, the hundred-headed (Τυφὼς Κίλιξ ἑκατόγκρανος, Pind. Pyth. viii. 16) son of Tartarus and Gaia, was placed by Homer, Il. ii. 783εἰν Ἀρίμοις”—probably in Cilicia. Afterwards his burial place was transferred to Etna (Pind. Ol. iv. 11), and to other volcanic regions. When he was identified with the Egyptian Set (ii. 144. 2 n.), it was also placed in Egypt.

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