OGY′GES, or OGYGUS (Lat., from Gk. Ὠγύγης, Ōgygēs, Ὤγυγος, Ōgygos). In Theban legend, one of the early kings of Bœotia, the son or grandson of Poseidon. In his reign a great flood took place in Bœotia, which destroyed cities on Lake Copais. His name was borne by one of tlie seven gates of Thebes, near which his grave was said to be. Later systematizing chronicles introduced Ogyges to Athenian legend, as King of Eleusis or even first King of Athens, while others transferred him to Egyptian Thebes. Whatever the origin of the name, there is much to show that Ogyges was originally the name in Bœotia of a sea-god like Poseidon.
OGYG′IA (Lat., from Gk. Ὠγυγίη, Ōgygiē). In Homer, the mythical island of Calypso, where she detained Odysseus. The word is originally an adjective, and describes the island as belonging to the sea-god Ogyges, whether identified with Oceanus or Poseidon. Later commentators tried to localize the island near Crete or Italy; in Homer its location is wholly indeterminate in the far West.
O'HA′GAN, Thomas, first Baron (1812-85). An Irish jurist and statesman, born at Belfast. He was called to the Dublin bar in 1836, for the following four years he edited the Newry Examiner, and was afterwards associated with his friend Daniel O'Connell in lawsuits bearing upon national rights. He fell out of favor with the Patriot Party by his defense of the union with England, by his appointment to the Board of National Education in 1858, and to the Attorney-Generalship in 1862, but, despite opposition, he was sent to Parliament from Tralee in 1863. Five years afterwards, under Gladstone, O'Hagan was made Lord Chancellor of Ireland and served until 1874. He was the first Roman Catholic raised to that office during two centuries, and he took his seat in the House of Lords in 1870. In 1880 he was made vice-chancellor of the Royal University of Ireland, founded in that year, and the same year Gladstone, on his return to power, called him to resume the Lord Chancellorship of Ireland, but O'Hagan's health forbade his keeping it for more than a year, though he had time to make an eloquent appeal for the Irish Land Bill. His Occasional Papers and Addresses were published in 1884, and his Speeches and Arguments in 1885.
O'HARA, ō̇-hăr′ȧ, Theodore (1820-67). An American poet and soldier, born in Danville, Ky., February 11, 1820. After being educated at Bardstown, he studied law, was admitted to the bar, got an appointment at Washington, entered the army at the beginning of the Mexican War, and was brevetted major for gallantry. Afterwards he practiced law, filibustered in Cuba, performed diplomatic commissions and filled editorial posts, and in the Civil War served as colonel of an Alabama regiment and on staffs. After the war he engaged in the cotton business, but he suffered reverses. His body was removed to Kentucky and buried by the side of the victims of Buena Vista whom he had commemorated in his famous “Bivouac of the Dead,” the only one of his occasional poems that keeps his memory fresh.
O'HIGGINS, ō̇-ē′gē̇ns. An inland province of Chile, bounded by the Province of Colchagua on the south, Santiago on the north and west, and Argentina on the east (Map: Chile, C 10). Area, 2524 square miles. The eastern part lies on the slope of the Andes and is very mountainous. In the west the surface is flat and well adapted for grazing, which, together with agriculture, is the chief occupation. Gold and other metals are found in the mountains. Population, in 1895, 85,277. The capital is Rancagua (q.v.).
O'HIG′GINS, Span. pron. ō̇-ē′gē̇ns, Ambrosio (c. 1730-1801). A South American governor. He was born in County Heath, Ireland, and his original name was Ambrose Higgins; was sent by his uncle, a priest in Spain, to Buenos Ayres; there he set up as a peddler and finally crossed the country and settled in Chile. He entered the Spanish army, rose rapidly, and in 1788 received the appointment of Captain-General of Chile. The last five years of his life were spent as Viceroy of Peru, with the title of Marquis of Osorno.
O'HIGGINS, Bernardo (1776-1842). A South American soldier, dictator of Chile. He was born at Chillan, was educated at Lima until he was fifteen and then in England, where he became intimate with Miranda; and after many strange adventures returned to Chile in 1802. He joined the patriots in 1810, and three years afterwards was appointed Carrera's successor. A breach between the two generals, which threatened civil war, seemed healed by the necessity of meeting the attack of the Spanish Army. O'Higgins, treacherously deserted by Carrera, was defeated at Rancagua (1814), and was forced to leave the country. In 1817 he returned as lieutenant of San Martin, and after the victory of the patriot army accepted the dictatorship, which his commander had refused. He was completely successful in driving out the Spaniards from Chile; but the aristocratic party distrusted his republican leanings and his attempts to introduce a liberal constitution. Under the followers of Carrera, they rebelled and deposed him in 1823. O'Higgins went to Lima, where he spent his remaining years.
OHI′O (corruption of Iroquois Ohionhiio,
beautiful river), popularly called the ‘Buckeye
State.’ A north central State of the United
States, lying between 38° 27′ and 41° 57°′ north
latitude, and between 80° 34′ and 84° 40′ west
longitude. It is bounded on the north by Michigan
and Lake Erie, on the east by Pennsylvania,
on the southeast by West Virginia, on the southwest
by Kentucky, and on the west by Indiana.
Its southeastern and southwestern boundaries
are formed by the Ohio River, while the others,
with the exception of Lake Erie, are straight
lines. The State measures 215 miles from east
to west, and 210 miles from north to south.
Its area is 41,060 square miles, of which 40,760
square miles or 26,086,400 acres are land-surface.
It ranks thirty-second in size among the States.
Topography. The surface is a rolling plain sloping gradually northward toward Lake Erie and southward toward the Ohio River from a low and flat ridge which forms the divide between the two water systems. This ridge crosses the State in an irregular line from near the northeastern corner to about the middle of the western boundary, keeping much nearer to the lake than to the Ohio River. The elevation of the State above sea-level varies from slightly less than 500 feet to somewhat more than 1000 feet. The greatest altitude, 1540 feet, is reached near
