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The Phocaeans of Massalia founded the colony of Monoikos, named for its Ligurian inhabitants, in the 6th century B. C.

in the area now known as Monaco.

Monoikos was associated with Hercules, venerated in this location alone as Hercules Monoecus ( i. e. the lone-dweller ).

According to the " travels of Hercules " theme, also documented by Diodorus Siculus and Strabo, both Greeks and native Ligurian people asserted that Hercules passed through the area.