place
Pithecusae
Island off Campania ('Ape Islands'), whose name Ovid derives from the Cercopes whom Jupiter turned into apes (Greek pithekos, ape).
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §14.433 Pithecusae
The 'Ape Islands' off Campania; Ovid derives the name from the Cercopes turned to apes there (Greek pithekos, ape).