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    Taygetus (redirect from Taygetos)
    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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    up into the Taygetos range, and then north along the Taygetos ridge. The northern border with Arcadia ran amongst the foothills of Taygetos and Parnon...
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    the immediate area around the town of Sparta, the plateau east of the Taygetos mountains, and sometimes to all the regions under direct Spartan control...
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    UNESCO World Heritage List in 1989. Mystras is situated on the slopes of Taygetos Mountain. The archaeological site stands above the modern village of Mystras...
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    "Mistress of the animals", with its likely roots in prehistory. Mount Taygetos in Laconia, dedicated to the goddess, was her haunt. The Taygetus mountain...
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    capital of the prefecture of Lakonia, lies on the eastern foothills of Mount Taygetos in the Evrotas River valley. The city has been built upon the site of ancient...
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  • childhood on the island of Kephalonia following a traumatic incident at Mount Taygetos, and as an adult becomes a legendary mercenary known as the "Eagle Bearer"...
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  • years. It is thought that he committed suicide in 1998 on the mountains of Taygetos. His last university lecture was delivered on 27 May 1998. In his letter...
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    west the Messenian Gulf. The Mani peninsula forms a continuation of the Taygetos mountain range, the western spine of the Peloponnese. There are many theories...
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    with Laconia and Messenia ran through the foothills of the Parnon and Taygetos mountain ranges, such that Arcadia contained all the headwaters of the...
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  • 1998. In July 2005 human bones were found in the area of the mountain Taygetos; forensic examinations verified that it was the body of Liantinis. No lethal...
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    Σωτείρας (Kóres Sōteíras; 'Saviour Maidens').[clarification needed] Also in Taygetos a wooden image of Orpheus was said to have been kept by Pelasgians in the...
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    Electra Mt. Saon, Samothrace mother of Dardanus and Iasion by Zeus • Taygete Taygetos Mts., Laconia mother of Lacedaemon by Zeus • Alcyone Mt. Cithaeron, Boeotia...
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    Menelaion The Menelaion with Taygetos in the background Shown within Greece Location Sparti, Greece Region Lakonia Coordinates 37°3′54″N 22°27′10.8″E...
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  • Messenian Gulf, in order to keep at bay the Slavic tribes living on Mount Taygetos. It is located close to the ancient settlement of Leuctra and the modern...
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    underwater springs at Pellana and by tributaries coursing down from Mt. Taygetos and Mt. Parnon, which flank the Evrotas Valley to the west and east, respectively...
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    while the eastern shore is dominated by the southern foothills of the Taygetos and comparatively rocky and inaccessible, with few settlements. The Pamisos...
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    Deep Mani or Mesa/Inner Mani (22 samples), West Taygetos or Exo/Outer Mani (24 samples), and East Taygetos or Kato/Lower Mani (23 samples), are similarly...
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    cult of Demeter in Hermione. Lakonia: Temple of Demeter Eleusinia near Taygetos. The feast was named Eleuhinia, and the name was given before the relation...
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  • attempts to carry it out, only for the child to survive the fall from Mount Taygetos, and, in exile, grow up to become a legendary mercenary. The Cult of Kosmos...
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    Apollo Delphinios (literally derived from Delphi). Dereatis, at Sparta near Taygetos. Dancers were performing the obscene dance "kallabis". Diktynna, from Mount...
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    Ezeritai, of whom the Melingoi settled on the western slopes of Mount Taygetos. The origin and etymology of the name Melingoi is unknown. Like the Ezeritai...
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  • a Spartan elder from throwing their younger, infant sibling from Mount Taygetos at the urging of the Pythia, who determined that the child, if allowed...
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  • window. 1998 – Dimitris Liantinis committed suicide on the mountains of Taygetos. 2000 – Willard Van Orman Quine died of Alzheimer's disease. 2001 – David...
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    walk to the sea and Stoupa's beach, it is on the slopes leading up to the Taygetos mountains. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος...
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    much of the route and some can be bought with a guide book, including the Taygetos 1:25,000 sheet. Moreover Anavasi Edition contains a lot of hiking maps...
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    Vasiliki Forest of Taygetos, 5 km from Kastania. It sits on a saddle ridge straddling the eastern and western slopes of Taygetos, with the Laconian Gulf...
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  • take refuge for the safety of their families in the inaccessible caves of Taygetos, he fortified himself with 36 men in a coastal tower of Verga, where he...
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    while in the cases of Maniots from West Taygetos or Exo/Outer Mani (24 samples) to 4.9%–8.6% and of East Taygetos or Kato/Lower Mani (23 samples) to 5.7%–10...
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  • there only during the summer months. It is located in the west part of the Taygetos mountains on the GR-82 (Pylos - Kalamata - Sparta) between Kalamata and...
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