Note 2185 — Chapter I
W. (William) Falconer translation
According to some traditions, Crotona was very ancient, and derived its name from the hero Croto. Thus Ovid:
“Vixque pererratis quæ spectant littora terris, Invenit Æsarei fatalia fluminis ora: Nec procul hinc tumulum, sub quo sacrata Crotonis Ossa tegebat humus. Jussaque ibi mœnia terra Condidit; et nomen tumulati traxit in urbem.” Ovid. Metam. xv. 53.