Taygetus Mountains (Greece)
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Name (Hebrew)
הרי טייגטוס (יוון)
Name (Latin)
Taygetus Mountains (Greece)
Other forms of name
Taiyetos Mountains (Greece)
Taíyetos Óros (Greece)
Coordinates
22.34995556 22.34995556 36.95354444 36.95354444 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Mountains Greece
MARC
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q515809
Library of congress:
sh 87000580
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Chaidemenos, Ē.Ch. Ho vrachos, to themelio tēs Hellados, 1983.
- Lippincott.
- Rand McNally.
- Web. geog.
Wikipedia description:
The Taygetus, Taugetus, Taygetos or Taÿgetus (Greek: Ταΰγετος, romanized: Taygetos) is a mountain range on the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece. The highest mountain of the range is Mount Taygetus, also known as "Profitis Ilias", or "Prophet Elias" (Elijah). The name is one of the oldest recorded in Europe, appearing in the Odyssey. In classical mythology, it was associated to the nymph Taygete and it was named after her. During Byzantine times and up until the 19th century, the mountain was also known as Pentadaktylos (Πενταδάκτυλος; Greek for five-fingered, a common name during that period).
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