Cacus, a son of Vulcan, was a huge giant who lived in a cave on Mount Aventine. Having stolen and dragged into his cave some of the cattle which Hercules had carried away from Geryon in Spain, he was killed by that hero, who discovered his place of hiding by the lowing of the oxen within, in response to the lowing of the remainder of the flock as they were passing the entrance of the cave.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 612
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