Phlegra (mythology)
It used to be inhabited by the giants of whom the myths are told, an impious and lawless tribe, whom Heracles destroyed.Nevertheless, various places have been associated with the Gigantomachy.The presence of volcanic phenomena, and the frequent unearthing of the fossilized bones of large prehistoric animals throughout these locations may explain why such sites became associated with the Giants.[11] Strabo also refers to the Phlegraean Plain (Φλέγρας πεδίον, Phlegras pedion, or Φλεγραία πλάξ, Phlegraia plax,[1] later Campi Flegrei [2]), in Campania, "which mythology has made the setting of the story of the Giants": This river [Liternus] flows through Venafrum and the centre of Campania.According to the Greek geographer, the Giants who survived, were driven out by Heracles, finding refuge with their mother in Leuca (Apulia),[13] in Italy's 'heel'.[13] Strabo also mentions an account of Heracles battling Giants at Phanagoria, a Greek colony on the shores of the Black Sea.