Hyginus lists Nausinous [naw-SIH-"no"-us] and Nausithous [naw-SIH-tho-us] as characters who were born here.
A description of this place from the chapter "The Face on the Moon" in Plutarch's Moralia has caused some to identify it with Ireland, since Plutarch places it west of Britain. Callimachus identifies this location with the modern-day location of Gozo. Hyginus lists Nausinous [naw-SIH-"no"-us] and Nausithous [naw-SIH-tho-us] as characters who were born here. An inhabitant of this place gives the example of Demeter and Iasion in a speech accusing the gods of being hypocrites for killing (*) lovers; that speech is given to the messenger Argeiphontes. When a man leaves this place on a raft, he uses the stars to guide him to Scheria, the home of the Phaeacians [fee-"AY"-shuns]; that man lives here with a daughter of Atlas for seven years. For 10 point, name this island where Calypso lives.
A description of this place from the chapter "The Face on the Moon" in Plutarch's Moralia has caused some to identify it with Ireland, since Plutarch places it west of Britain.
Ogygia