 A Greek myth tells of two brigands, the Cercopes of Ephesus, who played pranks on Zeus, who then punished them by turning them into monkeys and exiling them to the islands of Aenaria (Ischia) and Prochyta (Procida).Legend had the monster Typhon buried under Ischia, and the Giant Mimas buried under Procida.Such stories might be significant as a clue to how the ancient Greeks attempted to account for the volcanism of the whole area.