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Mount Taygetos
"The gods can keep Olympus. This is the best view in all the Greek world."
Kassandra[src]

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 Homer's Odyssey. During Byzantine times and up until the 19th century, the mountain was also known as Pentadaktylos (Πενταδάκτυλος; Greek for 'five-fingered').

History

Mythology

According to tradition, the legendary twins Kastor and Polydeukes were born on Mount Taygetos.[1]

5th century BCE

Sometime during the mid 440s BCE, the baby Alexios was sentenced to death after the Pythia of the Sanctuary of Delphi foretold that Leonidas' grandchild would bring ruin to Sparta, as per the order of the Cult of Kosmos. Kassandra attempted to save her brother and inadvertently pushed both the priest and Alexios off the cliff to their apparent deaths and was sentenced to death for murder. Nikolaos ended up causing her to fall from the top of Mount Taygetos. However, both children survived and became fierce warriors.[1]

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