 The Greek word "Ogygios" (Ὠγύγιος), meaning "Ogygian", came to mean "primeval, primal," or "from earliest ages" and also "gigantic".Ogyges is also known as king of the Ectenes, who according to Pausanias were the first inhabitants of Boeotia, where the city of Thebes would later be founded.As such, he became the first ruler of Thebes, which was, in that early time, named "Ogygia" (Ὠγυγία) after him.