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{{Quote|Gods can keep [[Mount Olympus|Olympus]]. This is the best view in all the Greek world.|[[Kassandra]], on the view from the summit of Mount Taygetos, c. 431 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey}} | {{Quote|Gods can keep [[Mount Olympus|Olympus]]. This is the best view in all the Greek world.|[[Kassandra]], on the view from the summit of Mount Taygetos, c. 431 BCE.|Assassin's Creed: Odyssey}} | ||
'''Mount Taygetos''' ([[Greece|Greek]]: Ταΰγετος), also known as "Profitis Ilias", or "Prophet Elias" is the highest peak of the Taygetos mountain range located in [[Peloponnese]], [[Greece]]. The name 'Taygetos' is one of oldest recorded, appearing in the [[Odyssey]]. During [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] times and up until the 19th century, the mountain was also known as '''Pentadaktylos''' (Πενταδάκτυλος; Greek for five-fingered). | '''Mount Taygetos''' ([[Greece|Greek]]: Ταΰγετος), also known as "Profitis Ilias", or "Prophet Elias" is the highest peak of the [[Chasms of Taygetos|mountain range]] located in [[Peloponnese]], [[Greece]]. The name 'Taygetos' is one of oldest recorded, appearing in the [[Odyssey]]. During [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] times and up until the 19th century, the mountain was also known as '''Pentadaktylos''' (Πενταδάκτυλος; Greek for five-fingered). | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Sometime during the mid 440s BCE, the baby [[Alexios]] was sentenced to death after a prophecy from the [[Oracle]]. [[Kassandra]] atttmped to save her brother and pushed the priest off the cliff to his death and was sentenced to death for murder. [[Nikolaos]] carried out the execution and threw her from the top of Mount Taygetos. However, both children survived and became fierce warriors. | Sometime during the mid 440s BCE, the baby [[Alexios]] was sentenced to death after a prophecy from the [[Oracle of Delphi]]. [[Kassandra]] atttmped to save her brother and pushed the priest off the cliff to his death and was sentenced to death for murder. [[Nikolaos]] carried out the execution and threw her from the top of Mount Taygetos. However, both children survived and became fierce warriors. | ||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Greece]] | [[Category:Greece]] | ||
[[Category:Mountains]] | [[Category:Mountains]] | ||
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Mount Taygetos (Greek: Ταΰγετος), also known as "Profitis Ilias", or "Prophet Elias" is the highest peak of the mountain range located in Peloponnese, Greece. The name 'Taygetos' is one of oldest recorded, appearing in the Odyssey. During Byzantine times and up until the 19th century, the mountain was also known as Pentadaktylos (Πενταδάκτυλος; Greek for five-fingered).
History
Sometime during the mid 440s BCE, the baby Alexios was sentenced to death after a prophecy from the Oracle of Delphi. Kassandra atttmped to save her brother and pushed the priest off the cliff to his death and was sentenced to death for murder. Nikolaos carried out the execution and threw her from the top of Mount Taygetos. However, both children survived and became fierce warriors.
Appearance
References