Πήλιον

Pelion, Pelium

Translated by David Whitehead15 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

4 words

Name of a mountain.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πήλιον· ὄνομα ὄρους.

Betacode

*ph/lion: o)/noma o)/rous.

In Thessaly; OCD4 Pelion
Also [NF] Pellion/Pelion, a town (and mountain?) where the young Alexander the Great defeated the Illyrians before his eastern exploits. Hammond locates it north-west of Argos [Myth, Place] Orestikon. Livy 31.40 calls the same place ‘in Dassaretia’.

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