Ossa, the ancient name of a mountain on the east side of Thessaly, near Pelion (q.v.), and separated from Olympus by the vale of Tempe. The ancients placed the seat of the Centaurs and Giants in the neighbourhood of Pelion and Ossa. See TITANS.
Ossa
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 654
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