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    The Taygetus, Taugetus, Taygetos or Taÿgetus (Greek: Ταΰγετος, romanized: Taygetos) is a mountain range on the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece...
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    Mount Nomia and then through foothills of Taygetus. The eastern border with Laconia went along the Taygetus ridge up to the Koskaraka river, and then...
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    mountain ranges are the Taygetus 2,407 m (7,897 ft) in the west and the Parnon 1,961 m (6,434 ft) in the northeast. Taygetus, known as Pentadaktylos (five-fingers)...
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    The Eurotas valley was a natural fortress, bounded to the west by Mt. Taygetus (2,407 m) and to the east by Mt. Parnon (1,935 m). To the north, Laconia...
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  • Greece. It is located in the plains of northern Messenia, west of the Taygetus mountains. It is near a major highway linking Kalamata and Corinth, the...
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    The municipal unit Falaisia is located in the northern foothills of the Taygetus mountains, south of Megalopoli and north of Kalamata. It borders on Laconia...
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    the kingdom to Lacedaemon, the son of Zeus and Taygete, after whom Mount Taygetus was named, according to Pausanias. This Lacedaemon married his daughter...
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    Gulf of Messinia to the south. The most important mountain ranges are the Taygetus in the east, the Kyparissia mountains in the northwest and the Lykodimo...
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    drainage system, a dendritic type, originating on the north slopes of Mount Taygetus, located in the center of the Peloponnesus of Greece, and flowing to the...
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    which lead to the peak of Mount Taygetus. Kardamyli is known in the area for having an especially good view of Mount Taygetus, known locally as Profitis Ilias...
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    the Taygetus Massif on the west and the Parnon Massif on the east – both limestone ridges derived from a former sea bed. On the east side of Taygetus is...
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    National Road 7. It leaves Kalamata towards the northeast, and crosses the Taygetus mountains over a pass of about 1300 m elevation. It descends to the city...
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  • dispute between Messenia and Sparta over the Ager Dentheliales on Mount Taygetus, awarding the land to Messenia. Lucius Aelius Sejanus unsuccessfully attempts...
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    a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Situated on Mt. Taygetus, above ancient Sparta, and below a Frankish castle, it served as the capital...
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    elevation, Aroania is the third highest mountain of the Peloponnese, after Taygetus and Kyllini, and the highest in Achaea. The largest town near the mountain...
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  • Arna (Greek: Άρνα) is a village on the eastern slopes of the Taygetus mountain range, at an altitude of 700 to 850 m (2,300 to 2,790 ft). Located in Laconia...
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  • rigorous Spartan laws, Talos must be sacrificed to the wolves of Mount Taygetus as his physical weakness would not permit him to help the military city...
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    Megalopoli is situated in a wide valley, surrounded by mountains: the Taygetus to the south, the Mainalo to the north, the Tsemperou to the southeast...
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  • Ἀρταΰκτης (Artaüktēs) at the very end of Herodotus, or the name of Mount Taÿgetus on the southern Peloponnesus peninsula, which in modern Greek is spelled...
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    visible from the harbor is Profitis Ilias, the ultra-prominent peak of Taygetus, the mountain range whose spine juts southward into the Mediterranean Sea...
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    The Spartans were reported to sacrifice a horse to the winds on Mount Taygetus. Astraeus, the astrological deity (sometimes associated with Aeolus), and...
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  • that as a child, Penthilus was torn apart and devoured by wolves in the Taygetus mountains, near Sparta. His father established a festival of mourning,...
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    living a Spartan life, the child was usually killed in a chasm near the Taygetus mountain known as the Apothetae. Further trials intended to discern a child's...
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    Mount Taygetos in Laconia, dedicated to the goddess, was her haunt. The Taygetus mountain on the Peloponnese was named after her. As he mastered each of...
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    com Unabridged (Online). n.d. There is also 'Taygetian', but that's for Taygetus. "M.P.C. 110499" (PDF). Minor Planet Circular. Minor Planet Center. 29...
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    — Crimea: Roman-Kosh — Urals: Narodnaya Balkans Musala Olympus Vihren Taygetus Korab Jezercë Athos Kyllini Ossa Papingu Pangaion Hills Kajmakčalan Smolikas...
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    — Crimea: Roman-Kosh — Urals: Narodnaya Balkans Musala Olympus Vihren Taygetus Korab Jezercë Athos Kyllini Ossa Papingu Pangaion Hills Kajmakčalan Smolikas...
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    from the race of aforesaid Slavs (Melingoi and Ezeritai dwelling on the Taygetus) but from the older Romaioi, who up to the present time are termed Hellenes...
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    — Crimea: Roman-Kosh — Urals: Narodnaya Balkans Musala Olympus Vihren Taygetus Korab Jezercë Athos Kyllini Ossa Papingu Pangaion Hills Kajmakčalan Smolikas...
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    From its southern side a marvelous view of the Megalopolis plain and Taygetus is provided. Dimitsana is located 53 km east of Pyrgos, 31 km northwest...
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