Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Ogyges

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2581235Collier's New Encyclopedia — Ogyges

OGYGES, said to have been the first King of Attica and Bœotia, in the 18th century B. C. In his reign is stated to have occurred the great deluge that covered the whole of Greece. That event has been placed as occurring 260 years before that of Deucalion; viz., about 1764 B. C.