Mountains of Greece (mythological)

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The mythological Mountains of Greece are the legendary peaks and ranges that serve as settings and abodes for various Greek deities, nymphs, and heroes in ancient Greek mythology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collection of mythological locations ⓘ
mythological concept ⓘ
appearsIn Greek hymns and cult narratives ⓘ
Greek tragedy ⓘ
Hesiodic poetry ⓘ
linked to: Works of Hesiod

Homeric epics ⓘ
associatedWith Greek mythology ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culturalRole sacred geography of the Greek world ⓘ
symbolic boundary between mortal and divine realms ⓘ
describedAs legendary peaks and ranges that serve as settings and abodes for deities, nymphs, and heroes ⓘ
hasPrimaryFunction abode of gods ⓘ
abode of heroes ⓘ
abode of nymphs ⓘ
setting for divine councils ⓘ
setting for heroic exploits ⓘ
site of cult worship ⓘ
includes Mount Arachnaeus (mythological) ⓘ
Mount Athos (mythological) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Athos

Mount Cithaeron (mythological) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Cithaeron

Mount Erymanthos (mythological) ⓘ
Mount Helicon (mythological) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Helicon

Mount Hymettus (mythological) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Hymettus

Mount Ida in Crete (mythological) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Ida (Crete)

Mount Ida in the Troad (mythological) ⓘ
Mount Lycaeus (mythological) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Lykaion

Mount Oeta (mythological) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Oeta

Mount Olympus (mythological) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Olympus

Mount Othrys (mythological) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Othrys

Mount Pangaion (mythological) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Pangaion

Mount Parnassus (mythological) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Parnassus

Mount Parnitha (mythological) ⓘ
Mount Pelion (mythological) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Pelion

Mount Pentelicus (mythological) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Pentelicus

Mount Taygetus (mythological) ⓘ
linked to: Mount Taygetus

Mount Tmolus (mythological) ⓘ
notableExample Cretan Mount Ida as the place where Zeus was hidden and raised ⓘ
Mount Athos associated with the giant Athos in the Gigantomachy ⓘ
Mount Cithaeron associated with Dionysian rites and Theban legends ⓘ
Mount Helicon as another home of the Muses ⓘ
Mount Oeta as the site of Heracles’ apotheosis ⓘ
Mount Olympus as the seat of the Olympian gods ⓘ
Mount Othrys as stronghold of the Titans ⓘ
Mount Parnassus as the home of Apollo and the Muses ⓘ
Mount Pelion as home of the centaurs and Chiron ⓘ
Mount Taygetus associated with Spartan myths ⓘ
Troadic Mount Ida as a vantage point for gods during the Trojan War ⓘ

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Sterope → residence → Mountains of Greece (mythological) ⓘ
Mountains of Greece (mythological) → notableExample → Mount Cithaeron associated with Dionysian rites and Theban legends ⓘ
linked to: Mountains of Greece (mythological)
Mountains of Greece (mythological) → notableExample → Mount Athos associated with the giant Athos in the Gigantomachy ⓘ
linked to: Mountains of Greece (mythological)
Asterope → residence → Mountains of Greece (mythological) ⓘ